Latest Info Plans For Chery To Build Its Own Factory In Indonesia

Rows of Chery cars in Indonesia. (Photo: Afrizal/Voi)

PT Chery Sales Indonesia (CSI) plans to build its own car assembly plant in Indonesia, this news has become a hot topic of conversation considering that the Chinese brand is still riding at PT Handal Indonesia Motor.

So how is the development of the Chery factory in Indonesia? Given that several new brands have started to build factories, for example BYD.

Responding to this, the Head of Marketing of PT Chery Sales Indonesia Mohammad Ilham Pratama, revealed that it could not be discussed when the factory would begin to be built.

"When it can't be said, but we still have a plan, and now it's still the same Handal," he said, when met during the inauguration of a new dealer network in the Fatmawati area, Jakarta, Wednesday, August 21.

Furthermore, Ilham said that at the Handal factory itself, Chery already has a long plan, including car exports.

"This year we have an export plan from a model assembled at the Handal factory. One of the exports to ASEAN countries is Vietnam," he added.

The construction of the factory from Chery itself is not without reason, Ilham revealed that it is only the second year of Chery and is still looking at the market first.

"If the market has been seen and how many capacity and exports do our partners have not been able to accommodate seeing it first," he explained.

Regarding the location (Chery factory) Ilham has not been able to reveal it. But he confirmed that currently it is still at the Handal factory in Bekasi (production).

"There is no location yet, but maybe from the management there has been communication," he concluded.