Kanzen motorcycles expects brisk sales next year
Kanzen motorcycles expects brisk sales next year
JAKARTA (JP): The manufacturer of Kanzen motorcycles, PT
Semesta Citra Motorindo (SCM), said on Thursday it expected to
sell at least 60,000 units next year.
"We've already sold around 1,000 units this year, which is
pretty good since we only launched the product in November," SCM
president Urwan Herlambang said during a breaking of the fast
gathering here.
He said next year the Indonesian motorcycle market was
expected to grow to between 1.1 million and 1.2 million units
from about 800,000 this year.
Urwan said that for the moment the company is not even
dreaming of competing with established brands in terms of
quantity, but for the long term "we are optimistic that the
market will always be open for companies that offer high-quality
products with competitive price like us".
SCM chief commissioner Rini M.S. Soewandi said the company
would expand its sales network to Central Java in January,
focusing on Yogyakarta and Surakarta in particular.
It will also be expanding its existing market in East and West
Java, she added.
Rini said SCM was scheduled to introduce a new motorcycle
model by the end of 2001.
Urwan said that when its factory in East Karawang, West Java,
began operation in January, Kanzen's quality could be more
assured.
"In terms of quality Kanzen is about 90 percent to 95 percent
the quality of Japanese motorcycles, but when we start assembling
them locally we will be able to get even closer," he said.
He said that by the end of January, Kanzen motorcycles would
be fully assembled in the country, with local content of above 10
percent.
The company, one of the newest in the domestic motorcycle
market, is currently looking for local suppliers to provide it
with high-quality components like the rubber on the handlebars.
"We've found some potential suppliers in East Java, but they
are not ready to supply to us right away. They still need to
consult," Urwan said.
Next year the company will look into suppliers that can
provide metal components, he added.
SCM cooperated with the Agency for Technological Research and
Application (BPPT) in November to test and develop Kanzen's
engines.
"Our cooperation with BPPT was to develop Kanzen's prototype
engine, to give it more power and better torque, with the idea of
developing new engines," Urwan said. (tnt)