A June 29, 2013 news item in the Jakarta (Indonesia) Post describes concerns about current nanotechnology efforts in Indonesia,

Researchers with the Indonesian Society for Nanotechnology have called on the government for protection, saying that without strong government policies, the nano industry would become marginalized by imported products.

The association said efforts to protect local nanotechnology products had not worked.

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Bambang Subiyanto, the director of the LIPI’s Center for Innovation, said researchers faced challenges in creating nanotechnology products due to a lack of equipment and facilities.

“If we want to succeed in competing with products from foreign countries, we should create ones with local characteristics,” he said. “Our researchers don’t have the equipment that can produce nano-devices for use by industries.”

For those who are curious about Indonesian nanotechnology efforts, here’s the Indonesian Society for Nano Facebook page and website. Some parts of the website have English translations and some parts do not. I last mentioned Indonesia’s nanotechnology efforts in a Mar. 8, 2013 posting about a partnership between Indonesia and Belarus.