Minister of Industry Tire Industry Supports Expansion to Hulu : http://bisnis.news.viva.co.id/news/read/692062-menperin-dorong-industri-ban-ekspansi-ke-hulu/27 October 2015
Industry Minister Saleh Husin ask industrial vehicle tire manufacturers to expand into the upstream sector. One of them invest plantations and rubber processing industry. These steps are expected to accelerate efforts to strengthen the industrial and agro-based industries. Besides improving the welfare of farmers and promote regional economic growth.

Indonesia Will Be Tire Industry Development Center : http://www.republika.co.id/berita/ekonomi/makro/13/09/17/mt9g4r-indonesia-akan-jadi-pusat-pengembangan-industri-ban/17 September 2013
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono believed at the time, Indonesia will become the center of the development of the tire industry in the world. Therefore, one potential commodities that Indonesia is the national natural rubber processing industry.

"It is no exaggeration to say that the tire industry in Indonesia will continue to grow, and become one of the central development of the tire industry in the world," the President said during the inauguration of South Korean tire manufacturer Hankook in Industrial Area Lippo Cikarang, Bekasi, West Java, on Tuesday (17/9).

He explained that the potential national natural rubber currently reaches 3.3 million tons per year. However, the potential is only a small part is used and further processed for a variety of industries such as industrial tires, industrial rubber gloves, and other industries.

National tire industry, he added, is one of the mainstays that have been able to compete in the global market. The average growth of this industry reached above 8 percent annually. That growth coupled with industrial growth automobiles and two-wheeled rapidly each year.

"The development of the automobile industry at this time, we point to the increase in exports of vehicles Completely Built Up (CBU) which would require the support of the tire industry," he said.