Bintang Industri

Industries facilities are abundantly available. Investors can choose whether to plug into a commercially ready-to-use factory building with complete infrastructure and facilities or to acquire a lot to custom-build its factory. Erecting a 1,000 sq.-m factor building on 2,000 sq.-m lot would cost on around US$ 400,000, including the cost of acquiring land. There are 17 (seventeen) industrial estates offering their facilities ranging from ready-to-build lot parcels to building with complete facilities. Some industrial estates also offer a complete package which includes the processing of permits and licenses to relevant authorities and recruitment of labor. Housing for labor in dormitories is also provided within the industrial estate.

There are approximately 533,521 people living in Batam, coming from all over the Indonesia archipelago with 172,709 people employed in the formal sector, and 75,000 more in the informal sector. This labor is increasingly bettered skilled as they have years of training and experience. This skilled labor can be sourced directly in Batam, without the need of recruiting from other regions, such as Java and Sumatra. Half of the populations in Batam are workers, making a very healthy dependency ration.

All of these things reflect the commitment of Indonesian government to fully support the development of Batam. Private sector involvement with strong support by the government is among the ingredients to have successful development.

More than 1,079.5 km of paved roads and highways are there to link all centers of activities. These roads are continuously being improved with the addition of lanes to anticipate the rapid growth of traffic. Traffic jams are nowhere to be seen even at peak periods. There are three locations of seaport to serve cargo vessels and six locations of passenger ferry terminals around the island to minimize travel times to destinations with more than 100 trips daily serving Singapore and Malaysia. The biggest seaport in Kabil has a berthing capacity of 35,000 DWT  (Dead Weight Ton) and is being improved to accommodate ships to 150,000 DWT. In its ultimate phase, it will have a total wharf length of 5.5 km with an 18 meter draft.

The Hang Nadim International Airport has 4,000-m runway, the longest in Indonesia, to serve wide body passenger and cargo aircraft with 10 flights daily to Jakarta, and 155 flights weekly to other major cities in Indonesia. The terminal building has a total floor area of 31,500 sq-m and will gradually be expanded to its ultimate design of 88,000 sq.-m.

Telecommunication facilities are also of the highest standard with state-of-the-art technology which has used only 75% of the available capacity. One does not feel isolated in Batam since communications to all parts of the world is only one button away. Electricity is supplied by PLN, the stated-owned electric company, and additional power is also supplied by private power plants.
Fresh water is abundantly available from six man-made water reservoirs builds around the island with the total capacity of 3,960 liters/second. Supply of clean water is sufficient to support a population of 800,000 people and industry and has conformed to the standards of the World Health Organization and currently runs at a  capacity of 1,760 liters of clean water per second