Hundreds of Textile Factories Need New Machines
25 October 2013 21:00 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Industry Minister Mohamad Suleman Hidayat has called on textile factories to immediately replace their old equipment with new more modern machines. Out of some 1,500 textile factories and producers, 500 are in dire need of new machines in order to boost quality and production quantity.
"They need to be revitalized because the machines and technology are an average of 25 years old," he said after attending a coordination meeting at the transportation and logistics department of the Surabaya Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Thursday.
He said that renewing the machines at textile factories is an extremely strategic move to encourage quality improvement. Unfortunately, Indonesia still imports textile machines from China despite considering China to be its number one competitor for textiles.
DIANANTA P. SUMEDI (SURABAYA)
