Astragraphia Completes Road Show in 16 Cities in the 2023 Indonesian Creation Appreciation (AKI) Series

Jakarta, September 8–10, 2023 - Astragraphia, a publicly traded firm with a core competency in the printing and digital services sectors, remains committed to fostering the development of Indonesia's creative sector. Astragraphia fulfilled this pledge by concluding a series of Road Shows with the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy (Kemenparekraf) under the auspices of the event program for the 2023 Indonesian Creation Appreciation (AKI) festival. Astragraphia's efforts to assist the growth of Indonesia's creative sector and honor innovative MSME actors around the country include this sort of engagement.

This Road Show starts in June 2023 and lasts for three months. Astragraphia is holding a series of events in 16 major cities throughout Indonesia, including Jakarta, Surabaya, Bandung, Medan, Makassar, and many more. AKI 2023, which includes the curation process, provision/bootcamp, exhibition, and peak festival, is being held in the context of developing the creative economy, through increasing capacity and exhibitions for creative economy players, in the culinary, craft, fashion, applications/games, film and sub-sectors. music. This event aims to promote local creativity, provide support to creative industry players, and appreciate their contribution to Indonesia's economic and cultural development.

In line with the theme "Adaptation, Innovation, Collaboration", Astragraphia involves branch teams in the cities/districts that are the destination locations for the AKI 2023 exhibition, as well as collaborating with graphic arts partners and the Indonesian Visual Communication Design Professional Association (AIDIA) to provide direct creative packaging design consultations. to 316 MSEs, as well as facilitating the printing of stickers, labels and various other promotional needs for free using printing machines produced by FUJIFILM Business Innovation.

For Astragraphia's active contribution to the 2023 AKI event, Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno, Minister of the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy/Baparekraf expressed his gratitude to PT Astra Graphia Tbk for providing consultation and packaging printing support for all 2023 AKI participants in 16 cities/districts. This appreciation was conveyed in front of the mass media during Sandiaga's visit to the AKI 2023 exhibition in Jakarta.

Astragraphia was also present at the 2023 AKI Peak Week Festival on 8-10 September 2023 at Senayan Park, Jakarta by presenting a photo booth, activation and the opportunity to win a lucky draw for lucky visitors. Not only that, visitors can experience directly being able to take home photos printed with the Fujifilm ApeosPrint C5240 printer machine. This printer machine has advanced features with a high level of security and easy operation to realize a completely new remote working style, namely working anytime, anywhere.

A total of 16 selected MSEs participating in AKI 2023 will join the MSEs assisted by the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy and have the opportunity to showcase their products. The Puncak Festival was also enlivened by various activities and national artists Vierra, Padi Reborn, Titi DJ x Lyodra, Diskoria x Andien, Smash x Chibi Chibi, and Ayu Tingting. With the end of the 2023 AKI Peak Week event, Astragraphia has made a significant contribution to the development of the creative industry in Indonesia. This is an important step in their efforts to continue to be a dedicated partner for creative actors, as well as strengthening their commitment to Indonesia's economic and cultural growth.

Hopefully, with the increasing number of companies and institutions supporting the creative industry, Indonesia will be able to produce new talents who are able to compete at the global level and inspire the world with their creativity. Creative greetings!