Nissan Boost Investment in Indonesia

JAKARTA. Foreign businessmen reiterated his commitment to investment in Indonesia. This time coming from the Nissan Motor Company Ltd..

The Japanese company will boost production of Nissan cars to be marketed in Indonesia. "Nissan wants to expand production capacity to 100 thousand units per year," the spokesman said after accompanying President Yopie Hidayat Boediono met Vice President Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Nissan, Carlos Ghosn, the Vice Presidential Palace, Tuesday (29 / 6).

According Yopie, Nissan promises increased production can be achieved in the year 2012. "We are still 50 thousand units," said Yopie.
Responding to Nissan's plan, Vice President Boediono asked what Nissan is needed so that the investment was able to walk. Yopie say, the Nissan for attention among other relief logistics costs, such as cost of transportation from the port and storage (storing).

Then, cut the time of mooring the vessel at the Port of Tanjung Priok than the usual 5 days to 1.5 days. Then, the problem of congestion in and out of port. "So it's not about manufacturing," said Yopie.

Ghosn declared an increase in Indonesia's infrastructure investment is needed in order to be able to walk, such as ports, roads, electricity and airports. Therefore, he welcomed the government's medium-term program to attract investment in the infrastructure sector, whose value reached U.S. $ 200 billion.

Besides, Ghosn said Nissan's optimistic about the investment plan in Indonesia. He cites two reasons. First, growth in a growing market. Second, in the future Nissan positioned Indonesia as an export base to sell Nissan cars in the world.