Pindad new excavator, excava 80 amphibious, during testing in Bandung. It is a 8-ton excavator with 4-cylinder engine.
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Pindad aims and objectives revealed in Abraham Mose exclusive interview by Indotelko:
1. Produce more equipment in industrial sector (excavator, farming machinery).
2. Plan to produce
military truck for soldier mobility (up to 1000) since
Perkasa has gone bankrupt.
3. Having an
engine plant, so that Indonesia wouldn't need to import engine. He mention the name "Garuda" for the engine. But this seems like final goal though (maybe not in near future, but let's see).
4. Aims that the revenue of Pindad is 50:50 (military:industry sector). The current is 70:30. This does not mean the military sector is declining, but it is the industrial sector that would rise.
5. The industrial sector would partake in agriculture, forestry, construction, new land clearing, toll roads, infrastructure, and others.
6. Pindad is seeking new area for a new manufacturing plants: One for
light military vehicle, one for
heavy machinery.
7. Pindad aims to produce vehicle transporter, mover machinery, bridge used by the TNI to cross a river, agricultural tools, palm picking, land processing equipment, which in the present Indonesia still imported from China, Korea, etc.
8. Upgrading the ammunition production facility to make 1 million rounds/year (currently 300.000 rounds/year)
9. Modernizing the equipment for
automatization, to improve production speed, precision, and suppress the failure rate (some machinery of Pindad is 100, even 200 years old).
Kemampuan Pindad untuk beradaptasi dengan tantangan Covid-19 tak bisa dilepas dari tangan dingin Abraham Mose
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