Bandung, West Java, May 25 -- The Indonesian Ministry of Industry is collaborating with local Industry and Trade Offices to strengthen industrial small and medium enterprises' (SMEs) access to Indonesian National Standard (SNI) certification services.

Head of the ministry's Agency for Industrial Standardization and Services Policy, Emmy Suryandari, stated that this collaboration is key, as these SMEs naturally maintain a closer relationship with local governments when accessing industrial services.

"By nature, these SMEs are closer to the industry offices in their respective regions," she said in Bandung, West Java, on Monday.

She explained that this proximity makes the local offices a vital link, ensuring that the Ministry of Industry...