Guitar Story
Guitar Story
7 plants in Indonesia on record built for Epiphone, Gretsch, Ibanez, Ovation and PRS.[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
“Made in Indonesia” on a label tells you the country, not the factory. Several brands can share one plant, and one brand can move between plants in the same country. Below is every Indonesia plant on record and what it built.
6 of 7 plants placed. Click a plant to open it.
| Brand | Lines | Plants | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Epiphone | Epiphone Indonesia | PT Cort Indonesia, Ngoro, PT Samick Indonesia, Cileungsi | 1995–now[6, 7] |
| Ibanez | Ibanez Indonesia Standard, Ibanez Premium (Indonesia) | PT Cort Indonesia, Ngoro, Ibanez Indonesian Premium facility (operator unverified) | 2010–now[8, 9] |
| Ovation | Ovation imports (Celebrity, Applause, Elite import) | Asian contract plants for Ovation (Korea/China/Indonesia; builders unverified) | 2014–now[10, 11] |
| Gretsch | Gretsch Streamliner | PT Samick Indonesia, Cileungsi, PT Cort Indonesia, Ngoro | 2016–now[12, 13, 8] |
| PRS | PRS SE | PRS building at PT Cort, Ngoro, PT Wildwood, Banten | 2018–now[14, 15] |
| Plant | Where | Run by | Built for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asian contract plants for Ovation (Korea/China/Indonesia; builders unverified) | South Korea / China / Indonesiano source | No operator on record | Ovation |
| Ibanez Indonesian Premium facility (operator unverified) | Indonesiano source | No operator on record | Ibanez |
| PRS building at PT Cort, Ngoro | Ngoro, Mojokerto, East Java, Indonesia[1] | Cor-Tek (Cort Guitars), South Korea[14] | PRS |
| PT Cort Indonesia, Ngoro | Ngoro, Mojokerto, East Java, Indonesia[2] | PT Cort Indonesia[16] | Epiphone, Gretsch, Ibanez |
| PT Samick Indonesia, Cileungsi | Cileungsi, West Java, Indonesia[3] | PT Samick Indonesia[16] | Epiphone, Gretsch |
| PT Wildwood, Banten | Banten, Banten, Indonesia[4] | PT Wildwood[14], PT Wildwood[14] | PRS |
| YMMI (Yamaha Music Manufacturing Indonesia; location unverified) | Indonesia[5] | Yamaha Music Manufacturing Indonesia (YMMI)[17] | none on record |
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