Suzuki Indomobil Motor

PT Suzuki Indomobil Motor
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryAutomotive
PredecessorPT Indomobil Suzuki International
Founded1978
HeadquartersJakarta, Indonesia
Area served
Indonesia
Key people
ProductsAutomobiles
Motorcycles
Production output
  • Increase 124,658 (2019)
OwnerSuzuki Motor Corporation (94.94%)
PT Indomobil Sukses Internasional Tbk (4.55%)
PT Serasi Tunggal Karya (0.51%)
SubsidiariesPT Suzuki Indomobil Sales (99%)
Websitewww.suzuki.co.id

PT Suzuki Indomobil Motor (formerly PT Indomobil Suzuki International until December 2008) is a joint venture between Suzuki Motor Corporation and the Indomobil Group. The company is located in Jakarta, Indonesia and specializes in manufacturing Suzuki vehicles for the domestic and international markets. A separate company, PT Suzuki Indomobil Sales (SIS), previously PT Indomobil Niaga International,[1] handles sales and marketing of Suzuki automobiles and motorcycles.

Suzuki's first activities in the Indonesian market in 1970 were through its import firm PT Indohero Steel & Engineering Company. Six years later Suzuki built a manufacturing facility (in Jakarta) which is the oldest part of the Indomobil Group.

Suzuki's first product was the ST20 Carry (introduced in 1978), which saw extensive use as an Angkot.[2] Nicknamed "Turungtung" (an onomatopoetic word for the sound made by the Carry's two-stroke engine), it was built until at least 1983.[3]

In 2011, the company invested $800 million to produce the Low Cost Green Car (LCGC) in Indonesia. In 2015, Suzuki opened another plant in Cikarang with a total investment of $1 billion.[4] The plant manufactured the Ertiga MPV for both domestic and export markets and the K10B engine for the Karimun Wagon R.[5]

  1. ^ Media, Kompas Cyber. "Suzuki Ganti Nama Perusahaan dan Pimpinan di Indonesia". KOMPAS.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2019-08-18.
  2. ^ Trisulo, Bambang; Samudra, M; Firmansyah, Arif (2003). Arsip mobil kita: Tamasya sejarah seabad perjalanan mobil di Indonesia [Our cars archive: Sightseeing through a century of the car in Indonesia] (in Indonesian). Jakarta: PT Temprint. p. 109. ISBN 9789799768506.
  3. ^ Hudaya, Didih (2010-11-19). "Klasik, "Fancy", dan Cantik" [Classic, "Fancy", and Beautiful]. Pikiran Rakyat: Otokir Plus (in Indonesian). Bandung, Indonesia: 29. Retrieved 2013-09-26.
  4. ^ Hafiz, Muhammad Perkasa Al (2015-06-01). "Ingin Rajai Pasar ASEAN, Suzuki Bangun Pabrik Ke-4 di Indonesia". Marketeers - Majalah Bisnis & Marketing Online - Marketeers.com. Retrieved 2019-08-18.
  5. ^ "Suzuki Indonesia resmikan pabrik baru di GIIC, Cikarang". merdeka.com. Retrieved 2019-08-18.