Indonesia has opportunity to expand production of healthcare glass

Industry Minister Airlangga Hartarto is saying that business players still have a great opportunity to expand their production of glass products for the healthcare and pharmaceutical industry to supply both domestic and international markets. He said the government gave strong support to the development of the industry through Presidential Instruction No. 6/2016 on the acceleration of pharmaceutical industry development and healthcare tools and equipment.
The acceleration of the pharmaceutical industry and healthcare equipment aims to improve the competitiveness of our products both in domestic markets and international markets, said Airlangga while officiating the start of operations of new machines by PT Schott Igar Glass in Cikarang, West Java on Wednesday. He said that with the operation of two AK 2000 machines, PT Schott Igar Glass could increase its installed production capacity of vials from 540 million to 576 million pieces annually and its installed production capacity for ampules to 775 million pieces annually.