RI Ready To Collaborate In The Fields Of Investment To Technology At The Hannover Messe 2020

Director General of Regional Resilience and International Industrial Access (KPAII) of the Ministry of Industry, Doddy Rahadi. (Photo: Ministry of Industry)

JAKARTA - Indonesia has a great opportunity to spur the national industrial sector to be globally competitive, especially through cooperation in the fields of investment, technology and human resources (HR). This momentum will be seized and utilized at the Hannover Messe 2020 event.

"This is because Indonesia has become the official country partner of the Hannover Messe 2020. This is an opportunity for us," said the Director General of Regional Resilience and International Industrial Access (KPAII) of the Ministry of Industry, Doddy Rahadi in Jakarta, Tuesday 4 February.

Some time ago, the Minister of Industry, Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita and his ranks held a meeting with Deutsche Messe AG as the operator of the Hannover Messe exhibition, represented by the Director of International Relations Deutsche Messe AG, Marco Siebert. This agenda is in order to finalize the readiness of the event which will be held on 19-24 April 2020 in Hannover, Germany.

"We discussed various details of the preparation, starting from the agenda to be implemented to the number of participants who attended. On that occasion, Marco also said that the cooperation in preparation for the Hannover Messe 2020 was going well, "said Doddy.

Doddy added, according to the direction of the Minister of Industry, efforts to collaborate in developing vocational education are very important and need to be explored.

"In fact, the plan is for the Minister of Industry to pay a visit to an automotive factory in Germany, particularly to find out about the development of autonomous vehicles for reference for public transportation in the new capital," he added.

Please note, the Hannover Messe is an international scale exhibition which is routinely held every year to focus on various technological issues and the latest manufacturing industry solutions. Especially for this year, including the application of technology in the industrial revolution era 4.0.

"Indonesia is the first country in the ASEAN region to become an official partner country," he said.

As for the previous official country partners, namely Sweden (2019), Mexico (2018), Poland (2017), the United States (2016), and India (2015). Doddy also said that the purpose of Indonesia's participation at the Hannover Messe event, among others, was to show Indonesia as a new world economic power and global manufacturing player, as a national branding event for the road map of Making Indonesia 4.0, increase investment and exports, promote industrial cooperation, as well as enhancing bilateral relations between Indonesia and Germany.

Furthermore, Doddy said, the Indonesian Pavilion would have the theme "Making Indonesia 4.0" and was supported by the tagline "Connect to Accelerate".

The Indonesian Pavilion will stand on an area of 2,548 square meters, which is divided into three areas: the General Purposes Area (Conference, Business Meeting area), the Making Indonesia 4.0 Area, and the Hannover Messe Display Category Area.

"The theme Making Indonesia 4.0 was chosen to show the world that Indonesia already has a blueprint for implementing the strategy and roadmap for Industry 4.0 in Indonesia," he said.

Meanwhile, the tagline "Connect to Accelerate" is an invitation and invitation to synergize with all stakeholders at home and abroad with the aim of accelerating Indonesia's industrial growth through the application of industrial technology 4.0.

"A number of companies in the five priority sectors of Making Indonesia 4.0 will participate in the Hannover Messe 2020, including industries that will appear in the Hannover Messe category display, namely Automation, Motion and Drives, Digital Ecosystem, Energy Solutions, Engineered Parts & Solutions, and Future Hub, "he explained.

In 2019, the exhibition was able to attract as many as 215,000 visitors from 91 countries, with more than 6,500 exhibitors representing 73 countries. The event resulted in an estimated 5.6 million business contracts.