Esitas to increase transformer manufacturing capacity in RI

Turkey-based power transformer manufacturer Esitas Elektrik through its Indonesian subsidiary PT Esitas Pacific plans to increase production capacity to 50,000 units per year from the current 30,000 units per year, Kontan reported on Tuesday.

The paper quoted Esitas President Director Osman Hakan Cepken as saying that the company was seeking to capitalize on the opportunities provided by the government?s five-year program to develop a combined 35,000 MW power plants until 2019.

He said that Esitas aims to supply its various transformer products both to state-owned electricity firm PT PLN and independent power producers.

?We plan to invest US$3 million to increase capacity in Indonesia,? Cepken said. (*)