First Export of Leading Product of Astra Prosperous Village Indragiri Hilir Riau

First Export of Leading Product of Astra Prosperous Village Indragiri Hilir Riau

BATAM: Astra Prosperous Village Indragiri Hilir, Riau, yesterday (12/10) held the event of First Export of Leading Product White Copra to India.

Presently, white copra production reaches 26 tons per month. This first export was marked with a memorandum-of-understanding signing between Astra Prosperous Village and Parshwanath Agri Resources from India with total cooperation contract of 15 copra containers or 390 tons.

On the same occasion, donation in the form of 20 greenhouses production development in 10 villages, warehouse development for white copra final processing place, tools and production facilities, also transportation facilities revitalization and production support for 10 Astra Prosperous Villages in Indragiri Hilir Regency were given symbolically.

The event was attended by General Director of Underdeveloped Regions Development of the Ministry of Village, Underdeveloped Regions Development, and Transmigration of the Republic of Indonesia Drs Samsul Widodo MA, Regent of Indragiri Hilir Muhammad Wardan, Deputy Chief of Corporate Affairs Astra Riza Deliansyah and Chief Coordinator of Astra Group for Batam Region Kamil Hasan.

Astra Prosperous Village program in these 10 villages has been ongoing since July 2019 until October 2019 with total number of 900 people involved. Since the village development, the people’s income has increased 16% to IDR 1.4 million per month from IDR 1.2 million per month.

This program succeeds in creating 50 new job opportunities with processed copra production increases to 26 tons per month. White copra is raw material to make pure coconut oil, briquettes, herbal soap, and many others.

Cooperation with Bekraf

Astra also signs a memorandum of understanding with Creative Economy Agency (Bekraf) recently. The cooperation that will be realized is increasing the competitiveness of villages’ creative economy. The cooperation is expected to be a groundwork for Astra in developing 20 new Astra Prosperous Villages in Singkawang region, North Toraja, Belitung, as well as Wakatobi.

Astra’s passion in developing Astra Prosperous Village is in line with Astra’s aim to prosper with the nation.

For further information, please contact:

Boy Kelana Soebroto

Head of Corporate Communications

PT Astra International Tbk

Ph. 021-508-43-888

About PT Astra International Tbk:

PT Astra International Tbk was established in 1957 in Jakarta as a general trading company under the name Astra International Inc. In 1990, for the purpose of the company’s initial public offering (IPO), the name of the company changed to PT Astra International Tbk, followed by listing its shares on the Indonesia Stock Exchange under the ticker code ASII.

Astra has developed its business by implementing a business model based on synergies and diversification within seven business segments, consisting of: 1) Automotive, 2) Financial Services, 3) Heavy Equipment, Mining, Construction & Energy, 4) Agribusiness, 5) Infrastructure and Logistics, 6) Information Technology and 7) Property.

Astra conducts business operations in all parts of Indonesia under the management of 232 subsidiaries, joint ventures and associates, and is supported by 225,523 employees, as per June 2019.

As one of the national biggest group corporations at the moment, Astra has built its strong reputation through offering a range of high-quality products and services, with regard to the implementation of good corporate governance and environmental governance. Astra continually aspires to become a corporate citizen that is a pride of the nation, one who is actively involved in the national efforts to improve the welfare of the Indonesian people.

To this end, Astra runs business activities by a balanced combination of the business’ commercial interests and non- business contributions through 9 foundations it nurtures, also through ongoing social responsibility programs focused on four basic areas: health, education, environment and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) development.

Astra initiates a program called Astra’s Unified Spirit for Indonesia Awards (SATU Indonesia Awards) entering its one decade this year where the program has appreciated 305 young people, consisting of 59 national awards recipients and 246 provincial awards recipients in five fields, they are Health, Education, Environment, Entrepreneurship, and Technology. Astra also develops 85 Astra Green Villages and 645 Astra Prosperous Villages in 34 provinces across Indonesia.

For more info, please visit www.astra.co.id & www.satu-indonesia.com.