The Hannover Messe 2023 exhibition, the largest industrial exhibition, officially opened on Monday night (16/4) at the Hannover Fairground, Germany. In organizing this year, PT. YPTI became one of the industry players participating in the exhibition. The existence of this exhibition is expected to open up opportunities for cooperation with other industry players and develop some of the potential that exist.

Hannover Messe is an international trade fair held in Germany. This exhibition is one of the largest in the world to showcase innovation and solutions for the manufacturing and industrial sectors. These exhibitions usually cover various types of topics related to industrial technology such as automation, robotics, energy, food, IT, etc.

PT. YPTI's participation in the Hannover Messe 2023 is the third, where the first was in 2015 with the Ministry of Industry. In the second digital version of Hannover Messe 2021, PT. YPTI and Toolcraft AG agreed to sign a joint venture. The collaboration between the two companies has been going on for more than 20 years since 1999 by visiting each other, exchanging information, and sending human resources for training. In that period, a lot of potential can be developed. So that in 2023, PT. YPTI and Toolcraft AG agreed to realize a joint venture and appear together at the Hannover Messe 2023 event.

The joint venture company will develop technology in the field of Metal Additive Manufacturing, including the Laser Metal Deposition (LMD) process and the Laser Metal Fusion (LMF) process. This technology will become a trend in the future to support the manufacture of complex and precise mechanical components for the productive and competitive automotive, aircraft, mold & die casting, machine, and medical device manufacturing industries. In addition to these developments, the field of robotics and automation in Germany will also be developed in Indonesia through the technology transfer of this joint venture.

This joint venture is part of PT. YPTI's goal to increase the level of competence in the manufacturing sector by bringing technology from Germany to Indonesia so that PT. YPTI's competency level is more competitive on the national and international levels.

This year also Indonesia became the first country in ASEAN to be chosen as an official partner at the Hannover Messe. This is certainly an appreciation conveyed directly by the Indonesian president, Joko Widodo. This appreciation was conveyed at the opening of the Indonesian Pavilion together with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. This year's exhibition, Indonesia carries the theme "Making Indonesia 4.0" which is very relevant to the condition of Indonesia which is currently undergoing an economic transformation.

"I invite you to see Indonesia as a land of opportunity and as a future manufacturing hub," said Jokowi, quoted from the YouTube Presidential Secretariat.

During the Hannover Messe 2023 exhibition, PT. YPTI also invited several Kalasan Valley start-ups. The start-ups are PT. Stechoq Robotika Indonesia and PT. Inamas Sintesis Teknologi. Both are companies that focus on Research and Development (RnD) that develop industrial products.