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garment, automotive, chemical pharmaceutical companies cur- Indonesia, PT. Indofood; PT.
and electronics industries. This is rently active in Indonesia with a Unilever etc. In addition to
to be achieved through efficiency combined IDR 12.7 trillion mar- domestic market, Mulia is also a
enhancements, improved trans- ket share, or, 28 per cent of the significant exporter of container
portation and the use of advanced total Indonesian market. There glass. Some of its overseas cus-
technology like artificial intelli- are 182 domestic and state owned tomers are Coca Cola Amatil bot-
gence, robotics and the internet. companies that account for the tling plants in Australia, RC Cola
remaining 72 per cent of the in Philippines and Bangkok Glass
PHARMACEUTICAL SECTOR market. Industry, Thailand.
The last few years have seen a In 2017, the sales volume of
number of foreign pharmaceutical LEADING CONTAINER glass containers declined by 1.8
companies setting up their man- GLASS MANUFACTURERS IN per cent year-on-year to 128,872
ufacturing plants in Indonesia. INDONESIA tons. According to the manage-
These investments in manufac- PT Mulia Glass ment of PT Mulia Glass, “Staying
turing facilities come amid an PT Mulia Glass is the largest faithful to our strategy to con-
expected rise in demand for container glass manufacturer in tinue developing various product
domestically made pharmaceuti- Indonesia. The company, which types and expand both domestic
cals, driven by government efforts is also a major float glass manu- and export markets, we would
to expand national health insur- facturer, has an installed capacity continue increasing sales of light-
ance offerings. In 2014, Indonesia to produce 134,000 tons of con- weight bottle, using narrow neck
launched the Jaminan Kesehatan tainer glass per annum. With two press and blow technology, as
National Scheme, which aims to furnaces and seven production well as green coloured bottle,
provide universal health coverage lines, PT Mulia Glass’s container consumed by the alcoholic bever-
to Indonesian citizens by 2019. division produces flint glass bot- age industry.”
Given the significant expansion of tles for food and beverage seg-
country’s pharmaceutical produc- ments. Mulia container glass Owens Illinois
tion capacity, the glass industry is supplies glass containers to the Owens Illinois (O-I), the larg-
expected to increase its share in well-known domestic food and est global container glass man-
the packaging of pharmaceuticals beverage companies such as PT ufacturer, headquartered in the
for a number of years. Heinz-ABC Food Co; PT. Sinar US, has had a noticeable presence
There are 24 multinational Sosro , PT Coca Cola Beverage in the South East Asian country