PT UNITED TRACTORS: THE NOT SO-PROMISING FUTURE

It was one bright afternoon in the month of April 2019. It was just one week ago that Franciscus Xaverius Laksana Kesuma was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of PT United Tractors Tbk. The bright afternoon, did not seem to be quite bright just yet, as the price of coal continues to fall and the dream of making a comeback for one of the leading company in heavy equipment in Indonesia might only be just a dream. The eerily look on the future of Indonesia mining industry which heavily related to the main business of PT United Tractors who delve in heavy equipment business somehow painted a bit darker grey of the bright afternoon. As Franciscus gazed in the afternoon shades and wonder if the storm would pass?