US Ambassador Leads American Investor Visit to Batam
Jakarta. US Ambassador to Indonesia Robert O. Blake, Jr., has led a delegation of 12 US companies and business associations to Batam as part of ongoing efforts to identify trade and investment opportunities for US companies and deepen commercial and diplomatic ties with key cities throughout Indonesia, the US Embassy has said in a press release.
While in Batam on Thursday and Friday last week, the ambassador and delegates met with Riau Islands Governor Muhammad Sani, Batam Mayor Ahmad Dahlan, Batam Indonesia Free Trade Zone Authority (BIFZA) chairman Mustofa Widjaja and local business leaders.
The meetings provided a forum for the US delegates to build important relationships between business and government leaders in Batam and the surrounding area.
“A robust US-Indonesia trade and investment relationship is a cornerstone of our bilateral relations and will help to promote economic growth and greater prosperity for both our countries,” Blake said.
“Strengthening our commercial relationship is a top priority for me and my entire embassy team.”
“US investors are among the largest in Indonesia, including right here in Batam, where McDermott’s 1970 investment in its fabrication facility helped to usher in Batam’s extraordinary transformation into the industrial and manufacturing center it is today.”
Blake also visited Caterpillar’s new manufacturing facility in Tanjung Uncang and Kinema Studios, an Indonesian production studio which creates cutting-edge animation, production and post production work with US film and television clients and partners.
Ambassador Blake also traveled on Friday to Bintan Island to visit the Bintan Industrial Estate and Honeywell Corporation’s advanced avionics and aviation technology manufacturing facility.
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