Doosan Skoda opens representative office in Jakarta

By Romel S. Gurky

Czech turbine manufacturer Doosan Skoda Power said it has set up a representative office in Jakarta as it seeks to expand market in Indonesia, where the government has set an ambitious target to develop a total of 35,000 MW of power plants through 2021.

"Since Indonesia represents a great potential for steam turbine industry, it was logical to open a regional office in Jakarta to better understand and observe the local market and to cement our intention to successfully operate in Indonesia. Business development takes time, especially in Asia. Local office helps to build necessary bridges between local customers, suppliers and Doosan Skoda Power main office," said Josef Rysavy, Regional representative of Doosan Skoda Power in Indonesia in a statement on Wednesday.

The company said in the region of Southeast Asia, Doosan Skoda Power is not very known yet. Nonetheless, a fair share of potential Indonesian customers have taken the opportunity to visit the Czech headquarters in Europe and the production plant, where they saw the manufacturing process first hand.

Usually, it is companies from the public sector interested in purchasing large steam turbines capable of generating hundreds of megawatts of power. "We have already installed such units on Java, at Grati & Grati II power plants," said Rysavy.

Doosan Skoda Power is part of a global consortium of companies united under the South Korean parent Doosan Group to deliver complementary technologies, skills and value to customers around the world. The manufacturing portfolio of Doosan Skoda Power includes steam turbines ranging in performance from 10 to 1200 MW with broad possibility of applications in gas, coal, cogeneration, nuclear, and CSP power productions.

Editing by Reiner Simanjuntak