inp.polri.go.id - Jakarta. Minister of Industry Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita emphasized that the success of industrial estate development is no longer measured by the number of areas built, but rather by the occupancy rate, or the area's ability to attract investment and industrial activity.

"Adding areas without adding anything on them means we are only adding the quota, not competitiveness," Agus said at the opening of the National Working Meeting of the Industrial Estate Association (HKI) in Jakarta on Thursday (7/30/2026).

According to Agus, industrial estates can no longer be positioned solely as land providers or utility managers. Investors, he said, need areas that can accelerate investment realization and enter the production phase.

To this end, industrial estates need to transform into complete industrial ecosystems, from investment facilitators, supply chain centers, innovation centers, human resource development centers, and centers for transformation toward green industry.

He stated that the government has issued Industrial Estate Business Permits for 33 new industrial estates in the past three years, bringing the total number of national industrial estates to 180.

Cumulatively, these areas have recorded investment realization of IDR 6,800 trillion and employed 2.36 million workers.

However, Agus emphasized that the increase in the number of areas must be balanced with increased investment attractiveness to ensure continued growth in occupancy rates.

To that end, he requested that industrial area managers strengthen three key aspects considered by investors: ease of licensing, availability of supporting infrastructure, and reliable energy supply, including renewable energy.

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