Strike won't hurt local assembling of Cakra cars

Strike won't hurt local assembling of Cakra cars

JAKARTA (JP): The assembling of PT Citramobil Nasional's
Nenggala and Cakra sedans, which use South Korea's Hyundai Motor
Company technology, will not be effected by recent labor strikes
in South Korea, a company executive said.

Lindarto Rahardjo, Citramobil's marketing manager, said over
the weekend that Citramobil currently had enough spare parts and
component supplies for six months of production.

Lindarto said the company would have no problem manufacturing
of the sedans unless the strikes continued for longer than the
next six months.

Citramobil is a subsidiary of the widely diversified Bimantara
Group of companies, which is controlled by President Soeharto's
second son, Bambang Trihatmodjo.

Nenggala and Cakra are the local brands of Hyundai's 1600cc
and 1500cc sedans. The amount of imported components for the two
currently reaches 80 percent and 89 percent, respectively.

The strikes, which were held by Hyundai's workers, had forced
Hyundai to close down its factory, including its component-
manufacturing plant.

Lindarto said Citramobil was planning to increase the monthly
production of its Cakra sedans to 500, from the current level of
250.

For the Nenggala sedans, the company would keep production
levels at a steady 150 to 200 per month, he said. (pwn)