Jakarta, INTI - The National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) emphasized that transforming the sustainable manufacturing industry system is essential to achieving national economic growth of 8%. Nugroho Adi Sasongko, Head of the Center for Sustainable Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Research (PRSIMB), Energy and Manufacturing Research Organization (OREM), stated that the industrial sector is currently facing increasingly complex challenges and can no longer rely on conventional approaches. Therefore, sustainable manufacturing system transformation has moved beyond academic discourse and has become a strategic national necessity.
“This transformation includes productivity improvements based on innovation and technology, energy and material efficiency through a lifecycle approach, strengthening green and low-carbon industries, as well as integrating policy, research, and industrial implementation in practice,” he said at the seminar titled “Sustainable Manufacturing System Transformation for 8% National Economic Growth” at the Auditorium of Building 71 KST BJ Habibie Serpong on Thursday January 22, 2026.
In this context, Nugroho added that research conducted by BRIN plays a crucial role as a foundation for policymaking and the implementation of national industrial practices. “BRIN, through the Center for Sustainable Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Research, is committed to ensuring that research does not stop at journals or laboratories, but serves as the basis for public policy and national industrial practices,” Nugroho affirmed.
Nugroho expressed hope that the seminar would enrich strategic understanding of sustainable industrial transformation and produce actionable policy recommendations.
“Today’s seminar presents comprehensive and complementary perspectives from research, macroeconomic and monetary analysis, to engineering and technology implementation. The expectation is to strengthen cross-sector collaboration among research, government, industry, and society,” he said.
High Value-Added Manufacturing as Growth Driver
Senior Economist of Bank Indonesia, Arief Rasyid, highlighted that economic growth plays a crucial role in determining how quickly a country can overcome the middle-income trap. The higher the economic growth rate, the shorter the time needed to surpass this threshold.
He emphasized the need to accelerate economic growth to ensure this process occurs before the peak of the demographic bonus. “For example, if economic growth is currently around 5%, it might take more than 20 years to escape the middle-income trap. Therefore, acceleration is needed to exit the trap more quickly,” Arief explained.
Arief also noted that the banking sector has a strategic role in driving economic growth. With its significant capacity and resources, particularly through Himbara banks, the sector can act as a catalyst to enhance the capabilities of strategic industries.
“With this significant capability, the banking sector, especially Himbara banks, has sufficient resources to strengthen domestic strategic industries,” Arief explained.
He emphasized that the banking sector plays a strategic role in driving economic growth. With its substantial capacity and resources, particularly through Himbara banks, the sector can act as a catalyst to enhance the capabilities of strategic industries.
“With the capabilities it possesses, the banking sector has enough resources to strengthen domestic strategic industries,” Arief added.
He further noted that high value-added manufacturing industries can serve as a backbone for achieving higher, more stable, and sustainable economic growth.
“High economic growth will be more visible when supported by strategic industries, particularly high value-added manufacturing. This way, not only can growth be higher, but it is also expected to be more stable and sustainable,” Arief concluded.
Conclusion
Leveraging the capacity of the banking sector, especially Himbara banks, together with high value-added manufacturing industries, is key to achieving higher, more stable, and sustainable economic growth in Indonesia. Strategic coordination between finance and industry will be critical in supporting national growth objectives and overcoming long-term economic challenges.
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