Perum Peruri

Perum Peruri, commonly known as Peruri or PERURI, is an Indonesian statutory corporation and state-owned enterprise responsible for producing much of the country’s physical monetary and security-document infrastructure. Its core mandate is to print Indonesian rupiah banknotes and manufacture Indonesian coins, making it the country’s national banknote printer and mint. The organization also produces other documents and materials that require anti-counterfeiting controls, including immigration documents, excise stamps, land documents, postage or stamp-related items, security paper, and security ink. Peruri was created in 1971 under Government Regulation Number 60 of 1971 through the merger of two state enterprises. PN Pertjetakan Kebajoran, also known as Perkeba, had specialized in banknote printing, while PN Arta Yasa had been responsible for coin production. The earlier banknote-printing operation had been established with assistance from the Dutch security printer Joh. Enschedé. The merger brought Indonesia’s principal currency-printing and coin-making capabilities into one public corporation. The company’s administrative, commercial, and marketing activities are centered in Jakarta, while manufacturing is conducted principally at facilities in Karawang and Surabaya. Peruri developed a large new factory on a 202-hectare site in Ciampel, Karawang, beginning construction in 1991. The facility was inaugurated in 2005 by Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who later served as Indonesia’s sixth president. In 2011, the government assigned Peruri to acquire PT Kertas Padalarang, a paper producer that had ceased operations at the end of 2008 after experiencing capital difficulties. Peruri’s statutory role has broadened beyond currency production. Under Government Regulation Number 6 of 2019, its activities include producing rupiah for Bank Indonesia, manufacturing secure state documents, creating security materials for government agencies, making security paper and ink, undertaking secure printing for foreign governments when domestic currency requirements have been met, and providing related security services. The company has been trusted with documents and printed materials for countries including Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Nepal, the Philippines, and Peru. Since 2019, Peruri has also operated in digital security. Its digital-services portfolio includes electronic authentication, electronic identity, electronic signatures, electronic stamps, electronic seals, secure QR codes, and graph-analytic services. Government Regulation Number 86 of 2021 assigned Peruri responsibility for creating Indonesia’s electronic stamp. At the end of 2023, Presidential Regulation Number 82 of 2023 gave the organization an additional role as GovTech Indonesia, a government technology agency intended to integrate government-owned digital services. Peruri therefore occupies a hybrid position: it remains a strategic manufacturer of currency and high-security physical documents while increasingly serving as a provider of trusted digital identity, authentication, and public-sector technology infrastructure. Its importance derives less from consumer visibility than from its role in national sovereignty, document integrity, payment systems, and the secure delivery of government services.

Peruri was established in 1971 through Government Regulation Number 60 of 1971 as a result of the merger of two Indonesian state enterprises: PN Pertjetakan Kebajoran, or Perkeba, which operated a banknote-printing business, and PN Arta Yasa, which manufactured coins. The banknote-printing tradition associated with Pertjetakan Kebajoran had been developed with technical assistance from the Dutch security printer Joh. Enschedé. The merger consolidated Indonesia’s principal currency-printing and minting functions in a single state-owned institution. Following its creation, Peruri became responsible for producing Indonesian rupiah banknotes and coins and for supporting the state’s wider need for secure printed materials. Its operating footprint developed around Jakarta, Karawang, and Surabaya. Jakarta hosts head-office, administrative, commercial, and marketing functions, while manufacturing activities take place at facilities in Karawang and Surabaya. The company built a new factory on 202 hectares of land in Ciampel, Karawang, beginning the project in 1991. The facility was inaugurated in 2005 by Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. Peruri’s responsibilities later expanded to include secure documents beyond currency. In 2011, the Indonesian government assigned it to acquire PT Kertas Padalarang, a paper company that had stopped operating at the end of 2008 because of difficulties obtaining capital. This acquisition assignment reflected the strategic importance of maintaining domestic capabilities related to paper and other inputs used in secure document production. Government Regulation Number 6 of 2019 set out the organization’s modern statutory business scope. It includes printing rupiah in response to Bank Indonesia’s requirements; producing secure immigration documents and stamp items; manufacturing excise stamps, land documents, and other state documents with security features; producing secure documents and non-monetary metal printed materials for other countries; manufacturing paper money, security paper, and security ink; and supplying security-related services. Peruri may also print currency and secure documents for foreign governments when Indonesia’s own rupiah requirements have been fulfilled. The organization has produced important documents and printed materials for several foreign countries, including Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Nepal, the Philippines, and Peru. The company entered digital security services in 2019. Its digital activities include electronic authentication, electronic identity, electronic signatures, electronic stamps, electronic seals, secure QR codes, and graph analytics. This represented a shift from treating security primarily as a property of paper, ink, metal, and printing processes toward a broader trusted-services model covering digital identity and electronic transactions. In 2021, Government Regulation Number 86 of 2021 assigned Peruri responsibility for creating an electronic stamp. At the end of 2023, Presidential Regulation Number 82 of 2023 added a government-technology mandate under GovTech Indonesia, with the objective of integrating government-owned digital services. Peruri consequently became both a traditional national mint and security printer and an increasingly important digital public-infrastructure provider. As of the June 2024 organizational information cited in the reference material, Dwina Septiani Wijaya served as president director, supported by directors responsible for human resources, technology and information, currency and security solutions, finance and risk management, and digital business.

• 2023

  Peruri becomes GovTech Indonesia

  [1]Perum Perurien.wikipedia.org

  Presidential Regulation Number 82 of 2023 assigned Peruri an additional role integrating government-owned digital services through GovTech Indonesia.

• 2021

  Electronic-stamp mandate

  [1]Perum Perurien.wikipedia.org

  Government Regulation Number 86 of 2021 assigned Peruri responsibility for developing Indonesia’s electronic stamp.

• 2019

  Digital security services are added

  [1]Perum Perurien.wikipedia.org

  Peruri expanded into electronic authentication, identity, signatures, stamps, seals, secure QR codes, and graph-analytic services.

• 2011

  Government assigns acquisition of PT Kertas Padalarang

  [1]Perum Perurien.wikipedia.org

  Peruri was directed to acquire PT Kertas Padalarang, which had ceased operations after the end of 2008 amid capital constraints.

• 2005

  Karawang factory is inaugurated

  [1]Perum Perurien.wikipedia.org

  The Ciampel factory was inaugurated by Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

• 1991

  New Karawang factory project begins

  [1]Perum Perurien.wikipedia.org

  Peruri began developing a new factory on a 202-hectare site in Ciampel, Karawang.

• 1971

  Peruri is established through the merger of two state enterprises

  [1]Perum Perurien.wikipedia.org

  Government Regulation Number 60 of 1971 created Peruri by combining PN Pertjetakan Kebajoran, a banknote printer, and PN Arta Yasa, a coin manufacturer.

A national-security and public-infrastructure institution combining currency production, high-security printing, document authentication, and trusted digital government services.

• Currency printing · 1971

  Rupiah banknotes

  Peruri prints Indonesian rupiah banknotes in accordance with requirements requested by Bank Indonesia. The production process uses specialized security features intended to protect the authenticity and integrity of the country’s circulating currency.

• Minting · 1971

  Indonesian coins

  Coin manufacturing formed one of the two principal capabilities brought together when Peruri was established. The organization continues to serve as Indonesia’s national mint for metallic currency production.

• Security printing

  Secure state documents

  Peruri produces state documents requiring authentication and anti-counterfeiting features, including immigration documents, excise stamps, land documents, and other official materials commissioned by Indonesian authorities.

• Security materials

  Security paper and security ink

  The company’s statutory activities include the fabrication of paper money, security paper, and security ink. These materials support the production of currency and other documents whose authenticity must be protected.

• Digital trust services · 2019

  Digital security services

  Since 2019, Peruri has provided electronic authentication, electronic identity, electronic signatures, electronic stamps, electronic seals, secure QR codes, and graph-analytic services. This portfolio extends its physical security-printing role into digital identity and trusted transactions.

• Digital government service · 2021

  Electronic stamp

  Peruri was assigned to create Indonesia’s electronic stamp under Government Regulation Number 86 of 2021, adding a digital counterpart to the organization’s longstanding role in producing physical stamp and secure-document products.

• Government technology platform · 2023

  GovTech Indonesia

  Under a 2023 presidential regulation, Peruri received an additional mandate as GovTech Indonesia. The role is to integrate government-owned digital services and strengthen the delivery of public-sector technology.

• 2023

  GovTech Indonesia mandateStrategy

  Background

  Indonesia sought to integrate government-owned digital services through a centralized public-sector technology capability.

  Action taken

  Presidential Regulation Number 82 of 2023 assigned Peruri an additional role as GovTech Indonesia.

  Aftermath

  Peruri’s remit expanded from secure production and digital trust services toward integration of government digital services.

  Source

• 2021

  Creation of Indonesia’s electronic stampProduct launch

  Background

  The Indonesian government required a trusted electronic equivalent for stamp-related transactions and assigned the task to the national security-printing institution.

  Action taken

  Government Regulation Number 86 of 2021 assigned Peruri responsibility for creating an electronic stamp.

  Aftermath

  The mandate strengthened Peruri’s position in Indonesia’s digital authentication and electronic-document ecosystem.

  Source

• 2019

  Expansion into digital securityStrategy

  Background

  Peruri’s historical business was centered on banknotes, coins, and physical security documents, while government and commercial activity increasingly required trusted electronic identity and authentication.

  Action taken

  The company added electronic authentication, electronic identity, electronic signatures, electronic stamps, electronic seals, secure QR codes, and graph-analytic services.

  Aftermath

  Peruri developed a broader role as a digital trust-services provider alongside its currency-printing and security-manufacturing activities.

  Source

1. 1Perum Perurien.wikipedia.org