TEMPO.CO, Jakarta-Airbridges manufactured by PT Bukaka Teknik Utama Tbk have received global recognition due to its ability to meet global demand.
“We have even exported to China. The world leading airbridge manufacturers are the U.S., Japan, China, Germany and us [Indonesia],” said President Director of Bukaka Teknik Utama Isral Kamaruddin in a press release in Jakarta, Monday, May 2, 2016.
To date, as many as 35 airbridges from Bukaka have helped passenger mobility in Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Cengkareng, Banten. The construction of additional infrastructures such as Terminal 3 has seen the company adding another 5 airbridges in the airport.
Manufacturing activity of Bukaka has also absorbed roughly 700 employees and its production capacity has reached 70 airbriges per annum. “We are able to increase our production threefold when orders are rising,” said Age Triobowo, Bukaka’s General Manager of Boarding Bridge. In addition to aircraft, Bukaka also manufactures similar product for ship passengers.
In addition to airbridges, Bukaka is also working on other businesses namely transmission towers, steel bridges, power stations, galvanized steel, high-way construction equipment, oil and gas production equipment and special vehicles. Bukaka is also working on automotive components in which some 2.5 million handlebars of Honda motorcycle are manufactured annually to meet orders from Astra group.
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