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Indonesia launches new phase of industrial park in bid to lure investors away from China
The Batang integrated industrial park already hosts nearly 20 companies in 10 percent of its total area of 4,300 hectares, including South Korea's LG Energy Solution and glass maker KCC Glass.
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President Joko “Jokowi“ Widodo delivers a speech during the inauguration ceremony of the Batang integrated industrial park in Central Java on July 26, 2024. (Antara/Harviyan Perdana Putra )
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resident Joko "Jokowi" Widodo on Friday launched the second phase of an industrial complex in Central Java intended to attract investors looking to diversify their supply chains away from China.
The Batang integrated industrial park already hosts nearly 20 companies in 10 percent of its total area of 4,300 hectares, including South Korea's LG Energy Solution and glass maker KCC Glass, and they have started construction or have pledged to build factories there.
President Jokowi said companies have invested Rp 14 trillion rupiah (US$858 million) so far.
Now another 400 hectares will be offered for investors to will create manufacturing jobs, Jokowi said.
"We have to open as many jobs as possible for our people," he said.
Companies investing in the Batang park can get tax breaks for imports of machinery, according to tax rules on industrial parks.
LG Energy Solution will start producing cathode in September, an essential component for electric vehicle batteries, Jokowi said.
He previously said the company would build a $2.4 billion factory in the Batang park to produce 220,000 tonnes of precursor and 42,000 tonnes of cathode per year.
That would provide the main raw material for its planned 200 gigawatt-hours battery cell plant in the industrial town of Karawang in West Java, worth $3.6 billion, he said.
