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State-owned firm to manufacture GE Power products in Indonesia
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A worker prepares train components produced by state-owned firm PT Barata Indonesia in Gresik, East Java, on Aug. 25. The parts are to be exported to a number of countries, including the US, Mexico and Canada. Barata has signed an MoU with US giant General Electric (GE) on the manufacturing of power-related products. (Antara/ Moch Asim)
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tate-owned enterprise PT Barata Indonesia has signed an MoU with US giant General Electric (GE) to manufacture the company’s power-related products.
Barata Indonesia president director Silmy Karim said the company would manufacture parts for gas turbines, boilers for coal-fired power plants and renewable energy products and would also provide maintenance services for those products.
"We are pleased to collaborate with GE; this is a strategic milestone for Barata Indonesia to become a world class engineering procurement company," Silmy said in Jakarta on Wednesday.
Barata Indonesia and GE had already cooperated on the manufacture of train components for GE and had worked together for 15 years, he added.
GE Power CEO Stever Bolze welcomed the agreement, saying it would be beneficial for both companies.
"It [Barata Indonesia] is a great company, it is on a lot of business for GE, and we believe as we continue to build out here for GE Power, we can utilize their capabilities do more work for us," he told The Jakarta Post after the signing of the MoU. (bbn)
