PT HM Sampoerna Tbk was 95 years old

Prepare the New Factory, Foremost in the Sale

Jakarta - entered the age 95 years, PT HM Sampoerna TBK continued to work hard to maintain the position as that was foremost. One of them by preparing the new factory that would beroprasi on the end of this year. The business machine of PT HM Sampoerna Tbk (HMSP) continued to howl. At this time, the company was dusting in Karawang International Industry City, West Java. Director Komunikasi HMSP Niken Rachmad proposed, this factory will operate this year end. "Now continued to be done by us." It was final that this year must operate, he said yesterday (25/8).

The factory in Karawang equipped the expansion of the company that will occur again the 95th year on Wednesday (28/8) the day after tomorrow this in this year. According to Niken, the factory was planned to equip the SKM factory (cigarettes kretek the machine) property of the company in East Java. "As the addition" of "raw material supplies for factories outside East Java or Java next west in a general manner," obviously him.

With the presence of this factory, the distribution of the company in the West Javanese territory and surrounding area will become more efficient, especially in the matter of raw material supplies to more than 30 Sampoerna production partners. The factory in Karawang also will become the centre of the processing of tobacco and the clove, equipped similar facilities available in Pandaan, Pasuruan. HMSP spent the fund around USD 300 million or Rp 2.8 trillion for the need of the development of this factory. His capacity 9 billion rods per warsa. The factory stood on the land measuring 58 hectare, with the production capacity of the processing of the clove raw material and tobacco as big as 15 ton per the hour.

"We will absorb thousands of manpower because in the same factory was gotten by packaging facilities" of "cigarettes," he said. Entered his age that was 95th, Niken said, the company became the manufacturer of foremost cigarettes. Per the first semester 2008, the HMSP sale reached Rp 16.69 trillion, grew 15.6 percent were compared paro first warsa then. The achievement of this sale to that was highest among all the manufacturer of cigarettes in Indonesia. "This certainly became pride," said Niken.

In order to commemorate the 95th birthday also, yesterday the company gave the appreciation to 798 employees who worked for 25 years. The "employee got the Sampoerna gold brooch." His recipient was the employee from all over the division and the factory, he explained.

The closest HMSP competitor in the matter of the sale of being PT Gudang Garam Tbk (GGRM). The company that had headquarters in Kediri recorded the sale per the first semester 2008 of Rp 15.056 trillion or grew 12.19 percent against the same period last year. Was based on this newspaper note, the two manufacturers of cigarettes that together based in East Java uptil now indeed pursued each other to that was foremost. However, in a manner assets, GGRM was still being superior on HMSP.

In Quote from : (Jawapos.com)