Tempo's 2,500th shipment

Tempo's 2,500th shipment

JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed pharmaceutical and cosmetic
producer PT Tempo Scan Pacific Tbk. made its 2,500th shipment in
eight years on Tuesday.

Three containers weighing 50 tons each were given a formal
sendoff from Tempo's factory at the Pulogadung industrial estate
in East Jakarta. They were bound for markets in the Middle East
and Africa.

The company has exported 3.5 billion units of medicine and 300
million bars of soaps worth US$80 million since beginning exports
in 1992, managing director for personal care and cosmetics Erly
Anggrahini said during the ceremony.

Founded in 1970, the company's main product lines include
Bodrex, Hemaviton, Flucyl, Revlon, Camay and Pritho. The company,
part of the Tempo Group, employs about 7,000 people at its seven
plants across the country.

Having paid nearly all of its foreign debts of $105 million
ahead of schedule in December, Erly said Tempo Scan Pacific hoped
exports could reach $20 million this year. (07)