Materials

Indonesia is a resource rich country and has a long history as a significant commodity producer. In fact, many of our foreign clients often do not realize the scale and range of Indonesia's commodity production.

For Indonesia's Global Production Rankings for Commodities click here

As a result, it is an ideal market to source a range of goods and materials. IndoAdvisors has significant experience in sourcing raw materials for foreign companies. Examples of products sourced in the past include:

• Commodities such as palm oil, coconut oil and candlenut oil.
• Various types of hardwoods.
• Furniture components and fittings.
• Structural steel panels and components.
• Metal castings.
• Fish breeding stock for Mariculture clients.
• Seaweed products.
• Raw paper products.
• Cattle feed products.
• Manganese Mines.

Manufacturing

Indonesia has a strong reputation as a cost effective international manufacturing centre. Areas where it is recognized as a leading location for manufacturing include furniture, steel and metal fabrication, electronics assembly and motorcycle manufacturing among others.

Certain areas of the country specialize in the production of specific products and have built up an expertise in these sectors over the years. Examples would be Central Java which specializes in furniture manufacture, Lampung in Sumatra for coffee processing, Solo in Java for hand dyed textiles and Batam for electronics assembly.

Examples of manufacturing capabilities IndoAdvisors has sourced in past assignments on behalf of US based multinationals include manufacturers of furniture and related fittings, producers of various casting components, steel fabricators and producers of decorative metalwork.

Services

IndoAdvisors also has experience in sourcing specific services that companies may want to outsource to a lower cost location like Indonesia. In the past these functions have included:

• Sourcing Auto-Cad design providers.
• Data inputting.
• Digitizing of hard copy databases.
• Graphic design and printing.
• Computer Programming.

For info on sourcing email sourcing@indoadvisors.com