ISO-9002 given to Inti's management
ISO-9002 given to Inti's management
BANDUNG, West Java (JP): PT Industri Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Inti), the state-owned telecommunications equipment manufacturer, yesterday received an ISO-9002 certificate for its management.
The ISO-9002 certificate was awarded by Christiaan W. Bekker, the project coordinating manager of PT Kema Registered Quality Indonesia, which represents the Netherlands-based NV Kema Netherlands standardization organization.
Inti president Arsyad Ismael accepted the certificate on behalf of his company during a ceremony attended by Secretary- General of the Ministry of Tourism, Post and Telecommunications Jonathan L. Parapak and Deputy Chairman of the Agency for the Management of Strategic Industries (BPIS) Giri Suseno.
The ISO-9002 was awarded to Inti for its digital telephone hub (STDI) production lines. Next year, he said, the company plans to gain an ISO-9001 certificate for its smaller "Prima STDI-K" production lines.
The Prima STDI-K, he said, is expected to become the company's leading product in the future because, unlike the STDI which is produced under cooperation with Siemens of Germany, Prima STDI-K is designed entirely by Inti, which is managed by BPIS.
Being a local product, Prima STDI-K will have a competitive price but the same quality level as the STDI, Arsyad added.
He said Inti is presently eying Vietnam, Cambodia and countries in the Middle East and Latin America, which have geographical structures like Indonesia, for export of its products.
"These countries do not need large, centralized telephone hubs. This is where our products can come in," he said.
He said that Inti plans to produce at least 100,000 Prima STDI-K units next year.
Last year, Inti increased its telephone line production capacity by 400,000 units to 800,000 units per annum.
Inti's revenues are expected to reach Rp 350 billion (US$152.83 million) this year. Last year's revenues declined to Rp 287 billion from Rp 350 billion in 1993.
Arsyad said last year's low revenues were caused by the company's restructuring programs, as well as by various changes in market behavior.
He refused to disclose the company's target revenues for next year.
"PT Telkom (state-owned domestic telecommunications company), which is our largest customer, has conducted joint ventures with foreign and domestic private partners. There is always the possibility that the foreign partners will only be willing to use products from their own countries," Arsyad said.
"It is no longer the era of monopolization, but of competition. I can't predict our revenues for next year. I can only tell you that up to now, only two orders have been submitted to Inti," he said. (pet/pwn)