Pangkalpinang, Bangka Belitung, Oct 19 (ANTARA) - Sulima Energy Ltd, an eminent British company engaged in the food industry, will buy Bangka white pepper directly from farmers in Bangka Belitung.
The Investment Coordinating Board said that they will have a meeting with Sulima Energy Ltd. representatives on Tuesday (23/10).
"The meeting will discuss their investment plans, including technical issues such as the volume of investment and others," said chief of Investment Coordinating Board, Zakaria Umarhardi in Pangkalpinang on Friday.
Umharhardi informed that the arrival of the Sulima Energy Ltd. representatives is a follow-up of their talks back in London last July.
"We made a presentation on 'The Indonesian Investment Promotion' in Lancaster, London, in front of more than 40 potential investors," he said.
During the presentation, investment opportunities in Bangka Belitung were promoted, especially in the tourism sector.
"Two entrepreneurs, namely Mr. Ndubuisi Kejeh of De Charles Energy and Mrs. Joanna Malinowska of Sulima Energy Ltd., expressed an interest in conducting further meetings," he said.
De Charles Energy is a company engaged in the electricity sector, which has provided assistance to African countries like Rwanda. It will work with UNDP or other NGOs in the UK to provide electricity in remote islands in Bangka Belitung.
Meanwhile, Sulima Energy Ltd. is a company engaged in the food industry and has factories in Sudan, France and Poland. The company uses pepper as food seasoning and preservative.
Sulima will buy white pepper through the Pacific Islands Cooperative Society White Pepper Indonesia.
For the first stage, Bangka Belitung would receive a delivery of 25 containers in October 2012.
(T.I027/INE/O001)
