Purbalingga, CentraL Java

Purbalingga wig industry is now ‘second largest’ in the world

( from the Jakarta Post/Purbalingga)

The wig industry of Purbalingga regency, Central Java, one of the biggest in the world, officials claim. Purbalingga, home to the biggest wig-making industry in Indonesia, is climbing in the international rankings. Head of Purbalingga’s manpower agency said that they were invited to Gwangju ( the centre of the world’s largest wig industry in South Korea) by their local businessmen to get a close look at their wig industry. (Gwangju is the centre of the world’s largest wig industry in South Korea)

Head of Purbalingga’s manpower agency said that they have invited because Purbalingga’s wig industry is the largest in Indonesia and the world’s second largest after Gwangju. Most of the foreign owned companies operating in Purbalingga were engaged in the wig industry. They exports tens of thousands of wig every week to the United States and European countries.

Head of Purbalingga’s manpower agency said the Purbalingga administration would continue to support the wig industry because of it’s ability to absorb workers, adding the industry currently employed 35.000 workers in the regency.

Foreign-owned companies in Purbalingga are able to absorb a high number of workers because of their generally high level of coorporation with local firms, including those in rural areas.