Tangerang, August 18, 2023 – PT Hino Motors Sales Indonesia (HMSI) in collaboration with the Ministry of Industry of the Republic of Indonesia and PT Surveyor Indonesia held a panel discussion at the 2023 GAIKINDO Indonesia International Auto Show (GIIAS). Local Industry Strengthening. The panel discussion was opened by opening speech from Santiko Wardoyo, COO Director of HMSI. Furthermore, the panel discussion presented speakers Mahardi Tunggul Wicaksono, as Chair of the Ministry of Industry's Implementation Team for Increasing the Use of Domestic Products (P3DN), Ahmad Dolly Gratitude, Assessor for PT Surveyor Indonesia and Joezanova, Head of Corporate & External Affair PT Hino Motors Manufacturing Indonesia (HMMI), and Anton Nugroho Head of GSO & Bus HMSI.

PT Hino Motors Manufacturing Indonesia has a value of 14.10% Company Benefit Weight (BMP), which is the value of the award given to industrial companies investing and producing in Indonesia. In addition, Hino vehicles also received Domestic Component Level Certificates (TKDN) for 10 types of products, namely the Hino 300 - 115 SD variant with TKDN + BMP value: 54.52% , Hino 300 - 136 MDL with TKDN + BMP value: 55.47%, Hino 300 - 136 HD with TKDN + BMP values: 54.48%, Hino 300 - 136 HDX with TKDN + BMP values: 54.64%, Hino 300/Microbus 115 SDB with TKDN + BMP values: 55.53%, Hino 300/Microbus 115 SDBL with TKDN values + BMP: 55.76%, Hino Bus GB 150 MT with TKDN + BMP value: 45.90%, Hino Bus GB 150 L AT with TKDN + BMP value: 44.35%, Hino 500 FG 260 JJ with TKDN + BMP value: 48.85%, and Hino 500 FM 280 JD with TKDN + BMP value: 47.60%. With TKDN values above 40%, it can be said that Hino vehicles/chassis are "Domestic Products".

What's more, Hino is the first and only commercial vehicle brand to receive this prestigious certification. In accordance with the directives of the President of the Republic of Indonesia, Joko Widodo that the APBN and APBD must be spent on domestic products and not imported goods, for that Hino is here to meet these needs. This TKDN certificate is a form of Hino's commitment to using domestically made components supplied by more than 150 local partners in producing Hino vehicles.

Mahardi Tunggul Wicaksono, Head of the Ministry of Industry's P3DN Implementation Team, revealed "The use of domestic products is regulated by Article 86 Law 3/2014: where Ministries, Institutions, Regional Apparatuses, BUMN, BUMD and others are required to buy or use domestic products in every procurement. goods/services to increase the competitiveness of the domestic industry and reduce dependence on foreign products”

"Hino has undergone a strict certification process carried out by us, through field and document verification, the preparation of the report has gone through the verification panel of the Indonesian Ministry of Industry which has passed for the issuance of a valid TKDN certificate," said Ahmad Dolly Syukur, Assessor of PT Surveyor Indonesia.

In total, currently there are 220 variants of Hino vehicles registered in the e Catalog of the Government Goods/Services Procurement Policy Agency (LKPP), ranging from large buses, medium buses, microbuses, school buses, garbage trucks, tanker trucks, extension trucks, mobile toilets, up to the skylift truck. These products also appear with bodies from bodywork which also have TKDN certificates, thus further strengthening collaboration to improve the domestic industry.

  “Hino has a factory in Indonesia by investing, being located and producing in Indonesia. This establishes Hino as the leading commercial vehicle manufacturer in the country. By being domestically made, of course, customers don't need to worry about the availability and ease of Hino after-sales service, "concluded Santiko Wardoyo, COO - Director of HMSI.