Ministry Of Industry: National Medical Device Products Ready To Enter The Global Market

The Director General of Metal, Machinery, Transportation Equipment and Electronics (ILMATE) of the Ministry of Industry, Taufiek Bawazier. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Industry (Kemenperin) said that national medical device products are ready to enter the global market through participation in the prestigious international exhibition, namely Industrial Transformation ASIA PASIFIC (ITAP) 2022. " “We should be proud, Indonesia has been able to produce medical devices such as high-end ventilators and emergency ventilators that are no less than global products," said Director General of Metal, Machinery, Transportation Equipment and Electronics Industry (ILMATE) of the Ministry of Industry Taufiek Bawazier in a statement in Tangerang, quoted from Antara, Friday, October 21. Currently, continued Taufiek, Indonesia's ventilator has obtained a distribution permit from the Ministry of Health (Kemenkes). The Ministry of Industry together with the Indonesian Medical Device Manufacturers Association (ASPAKI) facilitated the participation of a number of national medical device industries at the exhibition which took place at the Singapore Expo on 18-20 October 2022, to promote and explore the potential for cooperation and investment. At the ITAP 2022 exhibition, the national medical device industry that showed off, including PT Oneject Indonesia, which produced syringes, featured innovative ventilators products from PT Swayasa Prakarsa, PT YPTI, PT Stechoq, and Gajah Mada University. "The ventilator innovation product was created to support national independence in the face of the threat of the COVID-19 pandemic," said Taufiek. The presence of this ventilator will increase the afternoon power of the national medical device industry so that it can compete with global products. Moreover, the medical device industry is one of the sectors that gets development priorities based on the Making Indonesia 4.0 roadmap. “ Medical device demand during the pandemic has increased significantly when other commodities have decreased. This condition must be maximized by the domestic medical device industry to develop domestic and global markets,” he added. Acting Director of the Industrial and Agricultural Machinery Industry of the Ministry of Industry, M Arifin conveyed that the Making Indonesia 4.0 initiative is expected to be able to increase the productivity and efficiency of the medical device industry in Indonesia, which is targeted to be the main driving force of the national economy. “Pemerintah memiliki peran dalam peningkatan daya saing industri perhatan kesehatan, terutama dalam hal Research and Development (R&D), manufacturing, serta pemasaran dan certifikasi. Dalam hal bidang manufacturing, pemerintah berupaya melakukan peningkatan daya saing industri pada sisi Quality, Cost and Delivery (QCD),” ungkap Arifin. Meanwhile, Chair II of ASPAKI Febie Yuriza Poetri said that his party continues to strive to promote various domestic medical device products at various exhibition events, including the ITAP 2022 exhibition. "Our participation in this exhibition certainly cannot be separated from the government's support in this regard, the Ministry of Industry and the Indonesian Embassy in Singapore," he said. ASPAKI currently oversees 182 companies and is ready to support the Indonesian government in achieving domestic medical equipment resilience and expanding the export market. “Health sector is one of the sectors that has received priority from the government, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Reflecting on Indonesia's experience in tackling the health crisis caused by the pandemic, we see how important it is to accelerate the growth of the domestic medical device industry,” Febie said.