SME’s Success Story

Company : BALABA HANDICRAFT

Director : Santi N Susanti (owner)

Product : Nature fiber matting (Basket, bags, home & decoration, office, stationery, gift)

BALABA HANDICRAFT establish on 1985. History of company, build as business expansion from exist company. Start from fully pay attention human and natural resources around. Never give up and untiring, early stage exploits big name of Tasikmalaya city, West Java province. Open a small showroom in house garage.

From “Tasikmalaya Fair” exhibition, Balaba Handicraft visited by a merchant from china that having showroom in Bali, and business starts growing as well. In 1997 joining second generation which is ambitious brings family business to international markets. To realize its, she need to takes study in English literacy at Padjadjaran University, actually to improve speaking international language.

In 1998, the companies “peeped at” by one of government company (Electricity National Company) West Java province, and sponsored to participate in “Made in Indonesia Exhibition” in Singapore (be first exhibition for her company). This experience opens ” weakness” knowledge and terminology of export. Participates again at “Made in Indonesia Exhibition” in Singapore sponsored by HIMPI (Indonesia Young Entrepreneurs Association) West Java province. Experience of second exhibition more open challenge to get wise to terminology export. And then follows selection Training EXPRO from CBI – Netherland in 2001 and graduate 2003 (Training during 15 days is performed in Rotterdam and haves a time to visits some states in Europe).

Attainment of company which can be categorized achievement :

1. UPAKARTI (1987)

2. Young Pioneer for Empowering ( 2001)

3. Training EXPRO 44 - Rotterdam Netherland ( 2003)

4. Appreciation ” Women Creator” from Department of Cooperatives and SME, West Java Province (2008)

Promotion Events which been followed :

1. Made Indonesia indium Exhibition, Singapore (1998 and 1999)

2. INACRAFT (3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th, 9th)

3. PPE (2002)

4. Europe Trade Mission, EU - SPF (Small Project Facility - 2005)

5. MACEF AUTUNO, Milan - Italy ( 2005)

6. SAITEX - South Africa International Trade Fair, Johannesburg ( 2007)

7. TPTSA - Trade promotion to south Africa (Johannesburg, Pretoria, Durban – May 2008)

Address and Contacts:

Office : Jl. Bebedahan Rajapolah – Tasikmalaya - West Java Indonesia

Website: www.tradinghouse-indonesia.com

Company : HASAN BATIK

Director : Sania (owner)

Product : Fashion and interior base on Batik

HASAN BANDUNG’s Batik is a peripatetic house industry at produce and sale a batik. Batik’s processing applied is write batik, chop batik and combination batik. Batik’s design with assorted of decorative manner, good of traditional decorative manner of Indonesia (kawung, bevel, ceplok, etc), geometric decorative manner (point, box, line, etc), and combination between traditional decorative manners and geometric decorative manner.

One of decorative manner of decorative manner created by HASAN Bandung’s Batik is patch batik with three effect dimension using chop process, canting, colet and dyes. Education background family from Textile Design Institut Teknologi Bandung, and be innovative point to making and develops batik design.
In 2000, companies experiences various accidents like burning in showroom and it is of course losing of customer. And 2004 companies changes target of market and successfully increases its sales becomes 4 times more. The strategy by creating one design one product, exclusive design and modern of color. Marketing reach Japan, through Singapore, all area in Indonesia. Achievement, champion Sajadah design, held by Istiqlal, champion interior batik held by YBI, etc. And this company have wish that is to popularize batik in Japan. Address and Contact: Address : Cigadung Raya Timur, Bandung, West Java Province, Indonesia