Indofood takes pole position: Survey

Indofood takes pole position: Survey

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

Instant noodle maker Indofood Sukses Makmur was voted the top
Indonesian firm for overall leadership this year in the Far
Eastern Economic Review's annual company survey, the Review 200:
Asia's Leading Companies.

"After two consecutive years at No. 2, Indofood finally inched
past Astra to claim the top spot. The world's largest
manufacturer of noodles by volume, the flagship of the Salim
Group has fought upstart competitors to maintain its dominance of
Indonesia's noodle market," the magazine said its latest edition
which hit newsstands Thursday.

Automotive maker Astra International, which takes the No. 2
position in the survey, remained the company most admired for the
quality of its products and long-term vision of management, the
magazine said.

Tobacco firm Gudang Garam also moved up a notch to take third
place for overall leadership.

Other firms taking place in the top ten list are banking firm
Bank Central Asia (4), tobacco firm Hanjaya Mandala Sampoerna
(5), state-telecommunications firm Indosat (6), tobacco firm
Djarum (7), bottled-drink maker Sosro (8), television station
SCTV (9) and state-telecommunications firm Telkom (10).

During the survey, which was conducted by ACNielsen
International Research (Hong Kong), respondents were asked to
rank companies on their overall leadership performance. The
respondents, totaling 2,547 people, were also asked about the
quality of services and products of the listed companies, the
long term vision of their management, the innovations made by the
companies in responding to customers' needs and the soundness of
their finances.