Polytron is a budget electronics company from Indonesia. The company was founded on 18 September 1975 in Kudus, Central Java under the name Indonesian Electronic & Engineering Limited, then on September 18, 1976, changed its name to Hartono Istana Electronic Limited, then in 2000 merged and became Hartono Istana Teknologi Limited which is a subsidiary of Djarum Group.
History
Founded on September 18, 1975, Polytron was the first non-cigarette company owned by the Hartono brothers (Robert Budi and Michael Bambang), with an established capital of around IDR 50 billion. The word Polytron itself comes from two words, poly (many) and (elek)tron(ics). The first product released by this company was a television (black and white) in 1975, which is still its main product to this day.[1]
Since the 2000s, Polytron has expanded its products from initially only televisions and audio to producing various kinds of electronic equipment. The goods produced by Polytron are speakers, refrigerators (since late 2000), washing machines (since 2010), air conditioners (since early 2000), smartphones (since 2011) and many more.
Polytron has two factories each in