PT KANSAI’S YONEHARA IS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT INDONESIA’S COATING SECTOR PROSPECTS, DESPITE RISES IN WAGE COSTS

THE FOURTH largest country in the world by population, with an expanding middle class, Indonesia is an attractive base for many of the world’s global paints and coatings companies.Mr Yoichi Yonehara took over the helm at PT Kansai Prakarsa Coatings two years ago and in that time he has had the opportunity to witness not only a coatings industry in evolution but also a country in a period of great change.Although growth in the Indonesian economy has been very strong, and the country is viewed as one of the powerhouse economies of the ASEAN (Association of ...


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