Antara News·Indonesia·Tuesday, November 3, 2026 at 01:14 PM UTC

Indonesia, South Korea help 30 cooperatives adopt smart factory tech

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Shofi Ayudiana, Uyu Liman

Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Indonesian government, in partnership with South Korea, has assisted 30 domestic cooperatives in adopting smart factory technology to modernize their production systems under the Official Development Assistance (ODA) Smart Factory program.

The initiative was launched in 2023. It brought together the Indonesian government, South Korea's INNOBIZ Association — which represents over 23,000 technology-driven innovative small and medium enterprises (SMEs) — and Indonesia's Binus University.

In a statement issued here on Tuesday, the Indonesian Ministry of Cooperatives noted that the program went beyond technological implementation by emphasizing human capital development through specialized vocational training.

As part of the project, the Smart Factory Training Center (SFTC) was established on the Binus University campus to serve as a facility for practical education, hands-on training, and competency development in smart manufacturing.

Indonesian Minister of Cooperatives Ferry Juliantono expressed hope that the bilateral initiative, which has now concluded, can continue through partnerships on technology and cooperative capacity-building.

"The Ministry of Cooperatives is open to expanding partnerships, particularly in leveraging technology, developing smart factories and smart farms, and strengthening the institutional capacity of our cooperatives," Juliantono said during the project's closing ceremony in Jakarta.

He stressed that the program equipped local cooperatives and SMEs with vital capabilities in industrial automation, data analytics, and artificial intelligence (AI) integration to enhance their market competitiveness.

Meanwhile, Senior Deputy Director of the International Trade and Cooperation Division at South Korea's Ministry of SMEs and Startups Yo Sun-woong said the project had exceeded expectations by successfully preparing a skilled and self-reliant workforce across the 30 cooperatives.

Yo pointed out that South Korea has built roughly 30,000 smart factories over the past decade as part of its national drive to modernize its SME sector.

South Korean Ambassador to Indonesia Yoon Soon-gu echoed the sentiment, underscoring the strategic value of continued bilateral collaboration to help small enterprises navigate the challenges of rapid industrial digitalization.

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