CIMC Enric Joins Hands with Indonesia’s PT SAMATOR Group to Jointly Expand the Southeast Asian Clean Energy Market

Published: Mar 13, 2026 13:59

Recently, CIMC Enric and PT SAMATOR Group, Indonesia’s largest industrial gas and energy services provider, officially signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement in Jakarta. Leveraging their respective strengths, the two parties reached a long-term partnership to jointly promote the optimization of the energy structure in Indonesia and Southeast Asia, as well as green and sustainable development.

PT SAMATOR Group is a leading industrial gas enterprise in Indonesia, with business spanning multiple sectors including healthcare, oil and gas, and metallurgy, and with a well-established local market network and operating resources. According to the agreement, the two parties will focus on in-depth cooperation in five major areas: the entire industry chain of industrial gases, natural gas storage and transportation equipment, EPC for energy projects, digital after-sales services, and new business development.

CIMC Enric will leverage its strengths in the design, manufacturing, and system integration of energy equipment, together with the other party’s local resources, to jointly advance the implementation of clean energy projects such as industrial gases, hydrogen storage and transportation, and new energy, thereby supporting Indonesia’s energy transition and industrial upgrading.

Ju Xiaofeng, Vice President of CIMC Enric, and Rachmat Harsono, Chief Executive Officer of PT SAMATOR Group, signed the agreement on behalf of their respective parties. Ju Xiaofeng said that this cooperation was the result of resource synergy and demonstrated the company’s determination to deepen its presence in the Indonesian market; Rachmat Harsono said that the cooperation would help further strengthen the Group’s local business and expand the space for both parties in markets outside China.

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