Braun to invest $100m in RI factory

JAKARTA. Germany-based pharmaceutical company PT B. Braun Medical Indonesia will spend US$100 million to build a factory that will produce infusion and injection liquids in Cikampek, Karawang regency, West Java, to fulfill the needs of infusion in Indonesia and Asia-Pacific.

The company's president director Manogaran said on Friday that for the first phase, B. Braun would spend $70 million to build the factory on 4 hectare site within 19 hectares of land at Indotaisei Industrial Estate.

The factory, he added, would produce 75 million bottles of infusion and medication for injections per year for the first phase. He said that about 50 million out of 75 million would be for the domestic market and the other 25 would be exported.

In the second phase, the company will build new production facilities with a capacity of 75 million bottles raising the total production capacity to 150 million bottles. The production from the second phase will be exported to Europe, Japan and Australia.

He added that the factory, which is scheduled to begin operating in 2015, would import the raw material, as it was not available in Indonesia.

PT B. Braun Medical Indonesia is a subsidiary of B. Braun Melsungen AG. It produces hospital care products, surgical instruments and out-patient care products, like blood glucose test kits and ear thermometer.

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