Stork seeks engineering partners in Indonesia

Stork seeks engineering partners in Indonesia

JAKARTA (JP): Stork Engineering & Contracting of the
Netherlands is inviting local industrial companies to set up
cooperation both for providing multidisciplinary engineering
services and for producing components of industrial equipment.

"We are now seeking exclusive cooperation with local
manufacturers for producing components of industrial equipment,"
Hans J.G. Ten Kate, an executive director of Stork N.V. for
Indonesia and Vietnam, said.

Kate told reporters in a break of a one-day seminar on oil and
gas on Thursday that his Naarden-based company is now negotiating
with some state companies supervised by the Agency for the
Management of Strategic Industries (BPIS) on the manufacturing of
components for industrial plant equipment.

The seminar was jointly organized by the state oil corporation
Pertamina and Stork Engineering. Stork Engineering, which manages
12 other companies, is a business unit of the Stork Group.

Kate said he was optimistic that such cooperation will be able
to improve the competitive edge of Indonesian products and
services on the international market.

He said his company also plans to set up a Stork house in
Indonesia to support the operation of the country's
manufacturers.

He said his company's annual sales in Indonesia have averaged
$2 million in the last five years.

For comparison, Stork's worldwide sales are estimated at $400
million a year.

Sales in Indonesia are expected to increase to $5 million this
year and to $10 million next year, he said.

In cooperation with PT Indomarine, a subsidiary of Astra
International Inc., Stork produces palm oil plant equipment, some
of which is exported.

Stork also sells textile printing machines, food producing
equipment, diesel power generators, boilers for sugar plants,
industrial pumps and palm oil machinery. (fhp)