Fortune Indonesia Hailed As The First Listed Advertising Company in Indonesia
JAKARTA, 8 May 2014 – In the 11th Business Record (ReBi) award night on May 7, 2014 in Jakarta, PT Fortune Indonesia Tbk. (IDX: FORU) was affirmed to be in the Indonesian Business Records as the First National Advertising Company Listed on Indonesia Stock Exchange. Aris Boediharjo, CEO of Fortune Indonesia, received this award. Established in 1970, Fortune was one of the pioneers of modern advertising in Indonesia that nowadays has transformed into an integrated communications developer with supporting services such as public relations, digital communication, brand activation, and events through its subsidiaries. Fortune Indonesia had its IPO on January 17, 2002 with the ticker FORU and became the first listed advertising company in Indonesia.
“As a public company, we are committed to the standards of Good Corporate Governance (GCG), referring to the principles of transparency, accountability, responsibility, independence, and fairness,” said Mulyadi Sulaeman, Director of FORU.
Fortune Indonesia decided to become a public company after successfully weathering the storm of financial crisis in the late 90’s. “The rationale was how the company could live another hundred years,” told Mulyadi Sulaeman when reminiscing about the decision to go public at that time. “Most private companies tend to change or suffer a setback when the founders are gone.” Since becoming a public company, the company’s performance has continued to improve and now FORU has a vision to be a spotlighted global communications network.
Aris Boediharjo welcomed this award. “This is an elating achievement for the company that will elevate our passion to always innovate,” he said. “Hopefully, clients and partners will keep on trusting us. In the future, we will continue to go the extra mile, and always try to provide services beyond expectation.”
Earlier in February 2014, Fortune received the award of the Best Creative and Innovative Company of the Year from the event of Indonesian Creativity and Best Leader Award 2014.
In the 11th Business Record (ReBi) award this year, Fortune Indonesia along with 21 other companies managed to convince and prove the claims of their record of achievement with various arguments and supporting data before the juries on February 12, 2014 and April 4, 2014. The award was organized by TERA Foundation collaborated with Seputar Indonesia (SINDO) newspaper.
The convening of the 11th ReBi award is at the same time aiming to remind the businesspeople in Indonesia to finalize preparation for AFTA in a matter of months. “AFTA also means we should be ready to take new challenges, especially for our human resources to be competent for the business world, so that our products or services are able to competitively be in the running of their respective trading segment,” said Hasan DJ as ReBi organizer.
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About PT Fortune Indonesia Tbk (IDX: FORU)
PT Fortune Indonesia Tbk. (IDX: FORU) is an integrated communications developer company in Indonesia established in 1970 and has been listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange since 2002. FORU companies offer business services in advertising, public relations, brand activation, digital solutions, media planning and investment, exhibition, sports marketing, brand consulting to marketing insight. FORU is known to the public for the success of running social marketing campaigns with wide impact in Indonesia. Until now, FORU is still becoming a reliable business partner of government, multinational, and national private companies, NGOs, and donor agencies. For more information, you can visit www.foru.co.id and www.fortuneindo.com.