JAKARTA - PT Shacmindo Perkasa as an official distributor of heavy duty truck SHACMAN offer CNG (Compressed Natural Gas). Trucks from China is standing strong in the outdoor area of the Indonesia International Motor Show (IIMS) 2014, JIExpo Kemayoran, Jakarta.
Sales & Marketing Director of PT Shacmindo Perkasa, Satria Murshandi, said it was bringing two gas-fueled trucks F2000 and F3000 which SHACMAN.
"We brought the two heroes. Both gas-fueled 100 percent. If using a fuel converter, the maximum efficiency obtained was only 15 percent compared to using a non-subsidized diesel if this can be up to 66 percent efficiency," he said while talking to reporters in the arena IIMs recently.
Furthermore Satria said SHACMAN has conducted a series of tests on the product 380 hp CNG dump truck in October of last year to July 2014 trial was made in covering on-road highway and freeway. As well as off the road in a rocky terrain with climbs level reaches 30 degrees.
According to Padley, Chinese truck sales have reached 80 thousand units spread across the world, but was first introduced in Indonesia. Satrio believe that the future will be a shift from diesel-fueled trucks to gas. If the truck is a success in the national market, it is ready to localize these trucks in the country.
"It is still produced in China. Let's see what the market is like here, but in the future we want production in Indonesia." he said.
For information, last year SHACMAN sales in Indonesia reached 300 units this year and in the number of 300 units to the target aimed.
In the Indonesian market, PT Perkasa Shacmindo focus on four variants, namely Tractor Head (Diesel & Gas), Dump Truck (Diesel & Gas), Long Chassis Truck (Diesel & Gas), (Cement Mixer). These four variants are selected based on a fairly high market demand of goods transport industry (logistics), mining, agriculture, forestry, oil & gass