Summary

Indonesia's Ministry of Industry has held the Rintek 2021 Industrial Technology Innovation Awards to encourage the country's industrial sector to continue innovating through research and development activities to improve productivity and competitiveness. The Rintek awards are given to national industrial players who are dedicated and committed to producing innovation through independent research and development activities. The awards have been given to 51 industrial companies for 72 innovations produced so far. The awards ceremony is expected to create industrial players who can compete globally in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
The Rintek 2021 awards are a form of government appreciation for industrial players who have produced engineering, invention, and technological innovation to develop their business processes. The awards are expected to motivate national industrial players to develop competitiveness through high-value industrial technology research, development, and engineering activities. The awards will provide official recognition from the government for the achievements of industrial players in the field of technology.
Since the registration of participants closed on May 31, 2021, the Rintek 2021 awards have successfully attracted 42 registered companies with 52 industrial technology innovation titles. The final assessment was carried out by the Rintek Workshop Selection Assessment Team in October 2021. Several companies in the industrial sector participated, including PT Pupuk Kalimantan Timur, PT Packaging Integra Centre, PT Tatalogam Lestari, PT SOHO Industri Pharmasi, PT Swayasa Prakasa, PT Konimex, PT Semen Baturaja, and other industrial companies.
The Rintek awards are expected to motivate industrial players to win the competition in the domestic and global markets. The awards will increase the popularity and positive credibility of companies for the technology they have produced and have a chain effect on increasing consumer enthusiasm for the products produced by award-winning companies.