P&G’s set to embark on its expansion in the personal healthcare market in Indonesia with the opening of a new office space

JAKARTA, 27 September 2019 --Today, the Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE: PG) marks a key milestone of the integration process of Merck Consumer Health into its P&G personal health care business with the inauguration of the new office’s space to welcome the new P&G employees in Indonesia.   The acquisition of Merck Consumer Health announced in 2018 is one of the biggest in P&G 180 year’s history and improves P&G’s OTC geographic scale, brand portfolio and category footprint in the vast majority of the world’s top 15 OTC markets including Indonesia.  The combined businesses, capabilities and talent of the new Health Care unit leaves P&G on a great position to deliver on its mission to be a force for good and force for growth to this key business in Indonesia.  

In the year of the 30^th anniversary since P&G’s started its operations in Indonesia, the inauguration of the new office marks a key milestone in integration process between P&G and the Merck Consumer’s health division. P&G is set to embark in the personal healthcare market with a broader portfolio of leading brands in key areas including Nerve health (Neurobion), Blood Health (Sangobion), Topical Nasal decongestants (Iliadin) and Cough-cold remedies (Vicks). P&G is committed to fully leverage its global portfolio in Indonesia which will place P&G in a leading position into the Indonesian OTC space.

“Today marks a key milestone in the integration process, and the beginning of an exciting new era for P&G Personal Health Care, as we now move forward to realize the great potential of our combined businesses.   In Indonesia with the new combined businesses P&G Health becomes the leading MNC in the the over the counter (OTC) space, and expanded portfolio of leading brands in four main categories will allow us to expand our footprint even further and continue to be reliable partner for all our stakeholders.  I am excited to see another testament of P&G’s sustained commitment in Indonesia”, said LV Vaidyanathan, President Director, PT. Procter & Gamble Home Products Indonesia.

The new office space welcomes the new P&G employees to join the P&G Indonesia Family and has been specially designed to offer employees a conducive environment for collaboration and networking. The new space has also been built keeping sustainability in mind reflecting P&G’s commitment to environmental sustainability starting with operations and employee sustainable practices.

“The new office space, part of what we call our ‘Green office movement,’ is 610 sqm, and is designed with best in class design to enable collaboration amongst our employees and more sustainable”, said LV Vaidyanathan, President Director, PT. Procter & Gamble Home Products Indonesia.

P&G has been in Indonesia for 30 years and has established strong presence with its General Offices and manufacturing facilities and distribution centers in Karawang plan. To-date investment in Indonesia has reached up to half a billion dollars and P&G is a proud employer of more than 700 employees, largely Indonesians, with thousands more in the supply chain.    P&G has also been active in community impact programs such as P&G Children Safety Drinking Water (CSDW) program providing  200MM of clean waters across Indonesia,   Making a House a Home program with - Habitat for Humanity,  through the  #WeSeeEqual Project both in West Jawa,  P&G Global Disaster Relief in Palu, Donggala and Lombok with its NGO partners like World Vision Indonesia, Child fund, Water Mission and Habitat for Humanity and in the rehabilitation efforts in the same areas with the P&G 30^th Anniversary Charity Concert held recently in July 2019.

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