Indonesia is this year’s partner country at Hannover Messe, Germany. Indonesian President Joko Widodo has confirmed his presence at the world’s leading industrial trade fair and will be addressing opening ceremony on April 16. In addition, together with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, he will take part in the traditional chancellor’s tour the next day of the opening day at the fair. Hannover Messe 2023 will be running from April 17 to 23.

The last time these two heads of government met was at the G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia, in November 2022. At the meeting in Bali, Widodo and leaders of the International Partners Group (IPG) launched the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP). In addition to Germany, the IPG includes the United States, Japan, Denmark, the European Union, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Canada and Norway. On the basis of this partnership, Indonesia intends to create an investment plan to achieve its ambitious climate protection goals. This makes Indonesia, the world’s fourth most populous country, a highly relevant buyer of energy and industrial technology as well as a potential customer for exhibiting companies at Hannover Messe.

With an economic growth rate of over five percent, Indonesia is on the road to recovery following the pandemic. The main reason for this is the high price of raw materials like coal, palm oil, nickel and rubber from Indonesia and in some cases fetching record prices on world markets. However, Indonesia’s goal is to attract more labor-intensive manufacturing to the country. Following the liberalisation of investment as well as labor law, international investors now have a greater scope of action. Indonesia will advantageous of its presence at Hannover Messe in attracting more business from abroad. More than 150 Indonesian companies are already committed to exhibiting at the world’s leading industrial trade fair.