Industry Ministry Finds Technology to Support Defense Industry

VIVA – Centers of the Industry Ministry are finding modern technology or new inventions that are expected to support the domestic defense equipment industry. This matching effort is believed to spur the competitiveness of the national defense equipment industry so that its products are accepted in the global market.

The Director General of Metal, Machinery, Transportation Equipment and Electronics Industry (ILMATE) of the Ministry of Industry, Taufiek Bawzier, said that his party has facilitated several results of the utilization of industrial technology designed by the Ministry of Industry's centers.

"Therefore, we also facilitate several results of optimizing the use of industrial technology designed by the Ministry of Industry's centers, appearing at the Indo Defence 2022 event at JIExpo, Kemayoran," Taufiek Bawzier in Jakarta, on Friday, November 4, 2022.

The Director General of ILMATE argued that the Industry Ministry centers have been able to create technology that can support product renewal in the national defense equipment industry.

"With the findings of this product technology, we are optimistic that the performance of the defense industry will be stronger so that it can contribute significantly to national economic growth and support import substitution policies," Bawzier remarked.

All major centers or technical service units (UPT) under the Industrial Services Standardization and Policy Agency (BSKJI) of the Ministry of Industry are present to provide services in terms of industrial standardization, optimization of industrial technology utilization, and industrial services.

All of them are highly committed to the quality of services provided to customers, including industry players. The findings of the centers are not just researching, but are ready to be commercialized.

At the exhibition, held on November 2 to 5, 2022, in Jakarta, the Industrial Agriculture BBSPJI showcased a food testing technology for military purposes.

Head of Industrial Agriculture BBSPJI, Siti Rohmah Siregar remarked that the center also provided various technical services to the community and industrial agriculture players, especially in the food and beverage as well as fertilizer industries.