NEC launches RI semiconductor plant
NEC launches RI semiconductor plant
JAKARTA (JP): Japan's NEC Corporation officially launched
yesterday its US$45 million semiconductor plant in Indonesia.
The plant, officially opened by Minister of Industry and Trade
Tunky Ariwibowo, is operated by PT NEC Humpuss Semiconductors
Indonesia, a joint venture of NEC Corp., Humpuss Elektronika and
Sumitomo Corporation.
Masaru Nakagiri, Humpuss Semiconductors' president, said the
assembly plant was built in 1995 with investment of about $45
million.
He said the plant in Bekasi, West Java, was the first
Japanese-Indonesian semiconductor joint venture. It was
officially established in September 1995.
The plant began production in January this year. Its
production target is 15 million ICs and 100 million Signal
Transistors a month, he said.
These are used in personal computers, televisions, VCRs and
other home electronic products.
He said NEC had an ambitious five year plan for the plant,
with the company eventually employing 600 staff and annual sales
of $45 million.
"It plans to continue financial and technical investments by
introducing high technology products, such as microcomputers and
ASICs (Application Specific Integrated Circuits)," he said.
The Indonesian government had long been nurturing the growth
of high-tech industries here, and this was an influential factor
in NEC participating in a joint venture here, he said.
"NEC's global semiconductors strategy is for production and
sales functions to be located in each of its markets. With this
in mind, NEC entered into the joint venture with PT Humpuss
Elektronika and Sumitomo Corporation," he said.
"The joint venture brought together the strength of the three
partners to achieve their long term goals," said Hishashi Kaneko,
NEC's president.
The addition of PT NEC Humpuss Semiconductors Indonesia to the
NEC global Semiconductors Group brings the number of its plants
in Asia to four, enhancing NEC's position as the second largest
semiconductor company in the world.
Besides strengthening NEC's global production network, NEC
wants the joint venture to contribute to the economic and
technological progress of Indonesia and the Asian region. (13)