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Sumitomo held a Sumitomo Service Skill contest for distributors from 9 countries such as Japan, China, Indonesia, New Zealand, Australia and so on, where contests like this are held annually.

The year 2018 which was precisely in November was the 6th contest and was held in Japan where the distributors sent their chosen representatives from the best to compete in the contest. They were very enthusiastic in this contest because it was a matter of pride for them to prove their respective expertise to other countries, but no less important was that they could exchange experiences and thoughts to develop each other’s skills as well. This contest is truly a prestigious venue for technicians from various distributors in several countries.

The category of the contest is divided into 2 namely troubleshooting skill contest and technic skill. The troubleshooting category was won by Japan, followed by Myanmar and China while Indonesia was fifth. For other categories, technic skills were won by Indonesia, followed by New Zealand and China.

PT. Dharma Buana Karya, which has been chosen by the Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing as a construction consultant, do work on paving roads in Bali. This project aims to reduce congestion caused by the lack of road quality.

PT. Dharma Buana Karya entrusts PT. Multicrane Perkasa as an official distributor of Asphalt Paver products of Sumitomo Kenki Indonesia. For this road construction project, Asphalt Paver HA60C-8 is used because of it’s reputation has been proven to have great quality results in paving the road. This product has been used in various road-making projects throughout the world. Advantages of crawler-type Asphalt Paver HA60C-8 is a screed that can be extended without any extension from 2.3m up to 6 m, and HA60C-8 is the only product that has this advantage.

In addition the “STV” system contributed to build smoothly finished surface and pave the road with superior densities.

< “STV” Compaciton System >
S: “Strike-off” is adjustable and guides the asphalt mixture smoothly under the screed.
TV: “Tamper” and “Vibrator” achieve strong and even compaction for pavements

With all the advantages possessed by Asphalt Paver HA60C-8, SUMITOMO’s products can be relied upon to meet the standard of road paving work. Where speed, accuracy and quality are the most important things in the construction project.

On 5th December 2018, “The 5th Japan Business Society Commemorating Business & Technology Symposium of The 60th Anniversary Commemoration Project of diplomatic relations between Japan and Indonesia” was held in Surabaya.

This symposium is aimed at enhancing the presence of Japanese companies in Indonesia by showing the improving the technical capabilities, quality control abilities and business knowledge by introducing high technologies and businesses from Japan that supported the daily living in Indonesia and the future living improvements.

There are 5 series of symposiums which located in several cities in Indonesia. 1st were held from Jakarta, the 2nd at Denpasar, the 3rd at Makassar, the 4th at Medan and the last one is at Surabaya. There the President Director Mr.Takahashi from PT. SUMITOMO S.H.I. CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY INDONESIA took the rostrum at Shangri-La Hotel Surabaya on 11th December 2018.

Mr.Rachma, from Indonesia’s special envoy for Japanese Investment, and, Mr.Tani from the Consulate General of Japan in Surabaya, had a speech as an opening speech about their experiments with Indonesia and Japan’s business relation. And then it continue to Mr.Takahashi, as the 2nd speaker of Japanese companies.
He introduced the history of Sumitomo Kenki Construction Machinery and explained the products, the global business, the development situation and the future efforts in Indonesia through a video.

Especially at the scene of video when our customer using the hydraulic excavator and asphalt paver said “Sumitomo Bagus!”, the audience also said “Sumitomo Bagus!” with their thumbs-up and warmed up this symposium.

When all the companies’ presentations were over and the lunch session began, the participants came to President director Mr.Takahashi one after another and asked him to take a picture together. In addition, at the exhibition booth some people said they have seen Sumitomo’s asphalt finisher, so we realized our products have been steadily spreading to Indonesia. Approximately 200 people from government officials, general corporations, local college students and others participated in the symposium.

In particular, about half of them were college students, and we felt the young power of Indonesia, with an average labor average age of 29 years. Finally, we thank you for having this opportunity in Surabaya to let them know about our company’s thoughts and technology.

Sumitomo gave awards to Sumitomo’s VIP customers and distributor salesmen in Indonesia which have made the Sumitomo brand more trusted and well-known especially in the Indonesian market.  From the 12th-16th November 2018, Sumitomo and the award recipients traveled around Japan.

On the first day, We visited the Chiba factory in Japan, to see the production of Sumitomo Excavators, where their production quality is priority No. 1.

On the next day, we walked around some areas such as Shibuya, Mount Fuji, Lake Motosu, Asakusa, Tokyo Skytree Tower, where they really enjoyed their journey and saw the beauty of nature during “Autumn Season” in Japan and with this also strengthened the companionship like as a family.

PT. Sumitomo S.H.I. Construction Machinery Southeast Asia together with PT. Oscar Mas as official distributor in Indonesia held Parts Conference event for two days from Aug 28-29, 2018, at the Karawang factory, West Java and at the office of PT. Oscar Mas, Cibitung.

Sumitomo’s activities were carried out by the distributor to provide training in increasing knowledge to all distributor personnel, especially in the parts department itself by looking directly at the excavator factory in Karawang to see the excavator’s production capability every day, as well as increasing knowledge about Sumitomo parts so that the personnel could provide the right solution to customers in the importance of using original parts from Sumitomo for the needs of caring for the equipment in the field, while also providing knowledge in improving service quality and analyzing the market continuously.

Sumitomo and its distributors always try to make improvements continuously in order to improve services and products that continue to be better for customers so that in the end to satisfy the customers.

PT Angkasa Pura (AP) II while it is deploying a runway thickening or overlay at Husein Sastranegara Airport, Bandung. This year will begin to work on adding the power of the runway. This is done because of increased flight schedule to and from bandung as well as increased aircraft capacity. Improved economic growth and the appeal of Bandung as a city of culinary, tourism, and shopping trigger an increase in the number of passengers both domestic or manacanegara. The airport will be able to seat Airbus A320 with a capacity of up to 180 seats. A plane that can land after a throttled base, among them, Airbus 320, Boeing 737 900ER, and Airbus 319.

PT Dirgantara as the implementer of the runway base relies on two units of Sumitomo HC90C tandem to perform the construction of the asphalting. With the width of each stretch reaches 9m, Sumitomo HA90C able to work quickly and maximum results considering the airport work should be done quickly. According to Operational Manager of PT Dirgantara Bp Arvin Jahja Tjahjana various advantages possessed Sumitomo HA90C is very helpful for thickening asphalt of this airport.

The addition of flight hours from 21.00 to 00.00 will narrow the time of paving work. Excellent equipment capability is an absolute requirement in the asphalting process. Timely execution without prejudice to quality and safety is the main demands of the asphalting process. The excellent support from PT Multicrane Perkasa as the official dealer of Sumitomo asphalt finisher also contributes greatly to the performance of Sumitomo HA90C equipment.

Sumitomo HA90C has various advantages in ease of maintenance and operation. Operators are given ease in the use of a control stand that can be switched left and right depending on job type. Compact button placement also allows the operator to manage the function of each button. Sumitomo HA90C is also equipped with sensors that can adjust the angle of the expanse adjusted to the needs.
With many advantages, Sumitomo Paver is reliable in meeting the standards of airport work where speed, accuracy, and quality are the main things in airport project work.