Epson to double Capacity in Indonesian Factory February 28, 2011 08:32 by John Sollars
The Jakarta Post reports news of interest to Epson Inkjet printer users:
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Printer maker PT Indonesia Epson Industry (IEI) aims to double its production from six million to 13 million printers in 2012 by opening a new plant on Friday.
The four-hectare facility at the East Jakarta Industrial Park in Cikarang, Bekasi, West Java, will help the company, a subsidiary of Seiko Epson Group (SEG), to meet growing demands for ink jet printers for enterprise applications in emerging markets, such as Brazil, Russia, India and China, IEI general manager Emile Pattiwael said.
An older Epson manufacturing plant has been around for about 16 years with a capacity of six million printers, 40 per cent of Epson’s global production.
SEG director Hagata Tadoaki said Epson’s global production reached 15 million in 2010 and the new facility would help IEI contribute more than half of an ambitious production target of 22 million printers for the global market in 2012.
Currently Epson holds 20 percent of the global market share. “With the new plant, we expect it can make up more than 50 percent of the target,” Hagata said during the opening ceremony.
He said the new plant would absorb 5,000 new workers, adding to the approximately 10,000 people already employed. “We will also make a US$150 million investment in the next two years here,” Hagata added.
Printers sold in Indonesia were partly provided by a plant in the Philippines, Emile said.’
