Pocari Sweat began to enter the Indonesian market in 1990. The first time into Indonesia only 30,000 cans a year, said Yoshihiro Bando. This must be shipped from the factory drink Pocari Sweat in South Korea. However, beginning in 1991, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Company, a pharmaceutical company in Japan that became Pocarimemutuskan beverage manufacturers to invest in Indonesia with an initial investment of US $ 6 million. Otsuka Pharmaceutical in Indonesia has six subsidiary companies and one of them is Amerta Indah Otsuka (AIO) a company engaged in the business of health drinks under the brand Pocari Sweat. In 1991, AIO set up factories in Lawang (Malang, East Java) that produce beverages Pocari. At that time the plant has a production capacity of 7 million cans per month. Lawang factory in operation for 13 years (1991- 2004), in January 2004 it was decided to move the factory to Sukabumi. The consideration to further reduce the cost of production and transportation as well as provide facilities supplying raw materials. Factories producing beverages Pocari diSukabumi is now capable of producing 14 million tins per month absorb 150 workers.
Pocari Sweat continues to grow. This is what invites competitors to plunge isotonic drink. One of them turned out to Danone-Aqua production that appears with the name MIZONE. While others, although Vita Zone carries the name of the manufacturer Sun Green, but in fact it is the production of one of the leading local manufacturers as well. Meanwhile, long before the emergence of Zporto, actually has quite a lot of other manufacturers are also trying to seize the market dominance of the hand isotonic drink Pocari Sweat. Presumably this is because the success of Pocari Sweat triggered from year to year diligently trying to generate positive interest Indonesian market for these types of drinks. Whereas before entering Pocari Sweat, Gatorade had already broke and fled the Indonesian market.
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