PT Bakrie & Brothers Tbk. (“BNBR”) mencatatkan pendapatan bersih sebesar Rp 3,75 triliun di sepanjang tahun 2023. Raihan ini secara year on year naik sebesar Rp 132,79 miliar atau 3,66% dibanding periode sama di tahun 2022 sebesar Rp 3,63 triliun. BNBR juga menorehkan laba usaha sebesar Rp 348,31miliar di sepanjang tahun 2023. Angka ini naik sebesar Rp 116,38miliar atau 50,18% dibanding periode sama di tahun sebelumnya yang sebesar Rp 231,93 miliar.

"This achievement is the result of good synergy between a number of strategic projects of business units, especially in the manufacturing and information technology sectors," explained the President Director & CEO of PT Bakrie & Brothers Tbk., Anindya Novyan Bakrie, in Jakarta, Thursday (14/3/2024).

The increase in net income came from an increase in the income of PT Bakrie Metal Industries (BMI) Group by IDR 49.3 billion and PT Multi Control Nusantara (MKN) by IDR 102.3 billion. Apart from that, the company also recorded EBITDA of IDR 446.04 billion in 2023. This is an increase of IDR 121.51 billion or 37.44% from the previous year's figure of IDR 324.52 billion.

Lebih Ramping

BNBR Finance Director Roy Hendrajanto M. Sakti added that currently the Company's balance sheet is much slimmer and healthier. Especially with the settlement of derivative obligations to Glencore amounting to USD 854.7 million or equivalent to IDR 13.1 trillion.

With this debt settlement, the Company's debt to equity ratio will be much better and healthier from IDR 12.08 trillion or 10.44x in the previous year, to IDR 589.27 billion or 1.67x in 2023. "Thus, the balance sheet condition "The company has become leaner and healthier, so it is hoped that in the future BNBR can grow faster than before," said Roy.

Bisnis Baru

The Company's subsidiary operating in the electric vehicle industry is PT VKTR Teknologi Mobilitas Tbk. (“VKTR”) in early 2024 has succeeded in establishing strategic cooperation by forming a joint venture with the Salim Group entity, PT IMG Sejahtera Langgeng, a subsidiary of the Indomobil Group to boost the adoption of electric vehicles (EV) in Indonesia.

Selain itu, VKTR melalui perusahaan patungan bernama PT VKTR Sakti Industries (“VKTS”), di Magelang, Jawa Tengah, di awal 2024 juga telah mulai melakukan groundbreaking pembangunan fasilitas kendaraan listrik komersil berbasis Completely Knock Down (CKD) pertama di Indonesia.

VKTR juga telah menyelesaikan produksi 8 unit bus listrik merek BYD tipe D9 high floor yang digunakan oleh salah satu perusahaan kertas di Indonesia sebagai moda transportasi antar-jemput karyawan.

Lebih dari itu, BNBR juga tengah mempercepat pengembangan infrastruktur energi baru terbarukan, yang dikembangkan melalui anak usaha PT Bakrie Power, yakni PT Helio Synar Energi (Helio). Setelah berhasil mengembangkan fasilitas Pembangkit Listrik Tenaga Surya (PLTS) Atap, di pabrik PT Braja Mukti Cakra (BMC), Helio juga akan segera membangun PLTS Atap di pabrik-pabrik dan fasilitas operasional lainnya di lingkungan Grup Bakrie dengan kapasitas yang lebih besar.

"Through Helio, the company is specifically working on renewable energy generation projects that are environmentally friendly and become a future trend," said Anin.

BNBR is also pioneering a new business through PT Modula Sustainability Indonesia (“Modula”), which invests in the 3-dimensional printing (3DCP) construction technology subsector, in a joint venture with COBOD International from Denmark which is owned by world leading companies such as GE (USA), Cemex (Netherland ), Holcim (Switzerland) and Peri (Germany). Modula is a new business opener for BBI's subsidiary which has been involved in the building materials industry and provides alternatives in building construction with fast, advanced and environmentally friendly technology.

Dengan dikembangkannya bisnis-bisnis baru ini, Perseroan membuktikan komitmennya untuk selalu meningkatkan kinerja, baik di industri yang selama ini ditekuni, maupun di bidang industri berkelanjutan (sustainable industry) dan energi hijau (green energy) yang kini tengah dikembangkan.

Raihan Unit Usaha

Throughout 2023, the BNBR business unit has succeeded in achieving proud achievements. BNBR's subsidiary in the steel pipe industry, PT Bakrie Pipe Industries ("BPI"), was able to record revenue of IDR 2.16 trillion, or an increase of 4.9% compared to revenue in the same period last year which was IDR 2.06 trillion. The majority of BPI's increase in revenue came from orders from the Oil and Gas sector amounting to IDR 422.7 billion, and General Market orders amounting to IDR 17.9 billion.

BIIN recorded sales of IDR 410 billion, or an increase of 33.3% compared to the same period in the previous year of IDR 307 billion. This increase came from PT Multi Control Nusantara ("MKN") income from a number of projects carried out by the Company.

Meanwhile, the revenue of BNBR's subsidiary in the automotive components industry, PT Bakrie Autoparts ("BA") Group, rose 12%, from IDR 934.8 billion in the previous year to IDR 1.05 trillion in 2023. This occurred due to an increase in demand from The main customers of the automotive market, both OEM and OES (Hino, Mitsubishi, Isuzu) in 2023, especially regarding new projects after Covid-19 and the transition of vehicle technology from EURO 2 to EURO 4.