BANDUNG, Indonesia, February 25, 2014 – “We hope through good entrepreneurship education, students will able to create critical and productive innovation. This long term investment is the best way to prepare qualified human resources”, said commissioner of Wilmar Group, MP Tumanggong. Recently the foundation of Wilmar Group, Yayasan Murni Sadar build an institution on higher education in Entrepreneurship based, located in Medan, North Sumatera. The idea is come from the founder of Wilmar Group, Martua Sitorus.BANDUNG, Indonesia, February 25, 2014 – “We hope through good entrepreneurship education, students will able to create critical and productive innovation. This long term investment is the best way to prepare qualified human resources”, said commissioner of Wilmar Group, MP Tumanggong. Recently the foundation of Wilmar Group, Yayasan Murni Sadar build an institution on higher education in Entrepreneurship based, located in Medan, North Sumatera. The idea is come from the founder of Wilmar Group, Martua Sitorus.
“Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) as one of the most respected university in Indonesia, has produced young, professional, creative and inovative entrepreneurs not only the best engineers in this country”, said Dr. Mutiara MKT, the director of the foundation. The School of Business and Management plays big role in this achievement.
Through this cooperation, Yayasan Murni Sadar will send their lecturers periodically to ITB to develop the knowledge of entrepreneurship education.
About Wilmar Group
Wilmar International Limited, founded in 1991 and headquartered in Singapore, is today Asia’s leading agribusiness group. Wilmar is ranked amongst the largest listed companies by market capitalisation on the Singapore Exchange.
Wilmar’s business activities include oil palm cultivation, oilseeds crushing, edible oils refining, sugar milling and refining, specialty fats, oleochemicals, biodiesel and fertilisers manufacturing and grains processing. At the core of Wilmar’s strategy is a resilient integrated agribusiness model that encompasses the entire value chain of the agricultural commodity processing business, from origination and processing to branding, merchandising and distribution of a wide range of agricultural products. It has over 450 manufacturing plants and an extensive distribution network covering China, India, Indonesia and some 50 other countries with USD 28 million transaction per day. The Group is backed by a multinational workforce of about 90,000 people.
“Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) as one of the most respected university in Indonesia, has produced young, professional, creative and inovative entrepreneurs not only the best engineers in this country”, said Dr. Mutiara MKT, the director of the foundation. The School of Business and Management plays big role in this achievement.
Through this cooperation, Yayasan Murni Sadar will send their lecturers periodically to ITB to develop the knowledge of entrepreneurship education.
About Wilmar Group
Wilmar International Limited, founded in 1991 and headquartered in Singapore, is today Asia’s leading agribusiness group. Wilmar is ranked amongst the largest listed companies by market capitalisation on the Singapore Exchange.
Wilmar’s business activities include oil palm cultivation, oilseeds crushing, edible oils refining, sugar milling and refining, specialty fats, oleochemicals, biodiesel and fertilisers manufacturing and grains processing. At the core of Wilmar’s strategy is a resilient integrated agribusiness model that encompasses the entire value chain of the agricultural commodity processing business, from origination and processing to branding, merchandising and distribution of a wide range of agricultural products. It has over 450 manufacturing plants and an extensive distribution network covering China, India, Indonesia and some 50 other countries with USD 28 million transaction per day. The Group is backed by a multinational workforce of about 90,000 people.