Steel Heart, Brave Face

It began with two sewing machines and two workers, now the company employs 600 workers and exports its products to many countries.

April 27, 2004

THE sounds of hundreds of sewing machines reverberate through the Exsport bag factory on Jalan Bihbul Raya in Bandung as workers busy themselves sewing and stitching bags of all kinds, some fastening the back and front parts, others pulling out and cutting excess thread.

"I started the business with two Butterfly sewing machines," says Ronny Lukito, owner and president director of PT Eksonindo Multi Product Industry (EMPI) which p

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