Recent trade data reveal that United Collaborative Group KFT (UCG), a Hungarian firm founded in 2022, has rapidly emerged as a dominant exporter of high-value IT products to Indonesia. The company is owned by Adryan Mangkuningrat (born 1996), an Indonesian national and the son of Arsjad Rasjid, CEO of Indika Energy and former Chairman of KADIN Indonesia.
Between 2023 and the first half of 2025, UCG exported IT products worth over USD 400 million to Indonesia. The scale and speed of these transactions — paired with the sensitive nature of the hardware and software — raise significant questions regarding procurement transparency and political-business linkages.
The official site of United Collaborative Group ucg.hu, describes its mission as providing customized information and communication technology (ICT) and smart cybersecurity solutions to both public and private sector clients, especially in the South‑East Asian market.
Corporate Profile & Rapid Growth
UCG’s official website (ucg.hu) describes its mission as providing “smart cybersecurity solutions” and ICT infrastructure to the Southeast Asian market.
According to the Hungarian company registry, United Collaborative Group Kft lists only one company member:
- Name: Mangkuningrat Adryan (an.: Budiaman Erlina Margareta)
- Date of birth: 15 May 1996
- Registered address: 1138 Budapest, Dagály utca 5–7
- Foreign residence: ID-12720 Indonesia Selatan, Bangka XI. utca 82.
- Agent for service: Dr. Bán Gergely Law Firm, Budapest
- Start of membership: 19 January 2022
Export Growth Pattern
UCG was founded in January 2022, but exports to Indonesia began to rise significantly only in March 2023.
- 2023 exports: USD 163.0 million
- 2024 exports: USD 209.6 million
- 2025 (Jan–Jun): USD 31.0 million
This trajectory shows an unusually rapid rise followed by a sharp contraction.
What stands out is that none of the software or hardware is even shipped from Hungary. Instead, goods are dispatched from Christchurch (New Zealand), Singapore, and Hong Kong, suggesting UCG acts primarily as a middleman.
Key Transactions: Surveillance & Police Hardware
The firm’s primary clients are PT Ras Digital Media and PT Plasma Inti Media, which act as intermediaries for the Indonesian National Police (Puskeu Polri).
Significant Shipments:
- October 2023: Five shipments totaling over $100M under HS Code 847149 (Automatic data processing units). Item descriptions included: “Cross-Examining Data,”, “Hardware Cross-Examining Data”, “Infiltration Data Collection,” and “Data Voice Recorder Management Systems.”
- October 2024: A $39.5M shipment of “Digital Portable Radios” and encryption software, shipped from Christchurch, NZ, for the Indonesian National Police.
While UCG acts as the offshore supplier, the domestic entities securing the contracts from the Indonesian National Police are:
- PT Ras Digital Media: Owned by Kiki Otto Kurniawan, who has been identified in Kompas as a close associate or “subordinate” (anak buah) of Arsjad Rasjid.
- PT Plasma Inti Media: Owned by Gunawan Budirahardjo, a commissioner at PT Asuransi Cakrawala Proteksi.
- PT Kencana Teknologi Solusindo: Owned by Handayani Fibriyanti, according to LinkedIn she’s the President of the Board of Directors at Cakrawla Rentalindo Sejahtera.
Arsjad Rasjid’s LinkedIn lists him as Advisor for PT ASURANSI CAKRAWALA PROTEKSI during the year 2020.
HS code 84714990 is defined as “other automatic data processing (ADP) machines presented in the form of systems”. It’s a very specific HS code not covering laptop or usual consumer goods. This import code has seen phenomenal growth, likely only connected to imports related to police tenders. 2021 it amounted to 103.7m USD, 2023 289.9m USD and 2024 it reached 526.1m USD.
HS Code 84714990
Multiple shipments in 2023 and 2024 were declared under HS Code 84714990, defined as: “Other automatic data processing (ADP) machines presented in the form of systems.”
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Indonesian official trade statistics show dramatic growth in imports under HS code 84714990:
- 2021: USD 103.7 million
- 2022: USD 159.3 million
- 2023: USD 289.9 million
- 2024: USD 526.1 million
This HS code has seen phenomenal growth, likely only connected to imports related to police tenders.
Big imports of HS code 90148090 are visible in STATISTIK PERDAGANGAN LUAR NEGERI INDONESIA IMPOR 2024 Book II.
The Persona vs. The Reality
Adryan Mangkuningrat maintains a low profile, lacking a LinkedIn presence and keeping his Instagram private. However, a rare interview with Growth Magazine (a niche YouTube channel) reveals stark contradictions between UCG’s public narrative and its actual operations.
- The Scale Mismatch: Adryan describes UCG as a “small company” focused on “quality over quantity.” Labeling a $400M operation as a “boutique startup” is a strategic minimization of what is clearly a massive government procurement channel. For a 28-year-old in Budapest, this revenue scale is anomalous; moving such volume typically requires a massive logistics and compliance infrastructure that UCG lacks on paper.
- The Hospitality Pivot: Adryan’s formal background is in Restaurant Management and managing hostels and villas in Bali and Singapore. The sudden transition from hospitality to selling “Infiltration Data Collection” tools to national police forces is highly irregular and lacks any visible technical bridge.
- Core Competencies: Notably, Adryan avoids discussing engineering or proprietary technology. Instead, he emphasizes “Vendor Management” and “KYC” (Know Your Customer) as UCG’s strengths. This suggests the company’s true value lies not in technical innovation, but in navigating the regulatory paperwork required to act as a high-margin middleman for sensitive contracts.
- Buzz-words: Adryan uses benign terms like “Smart Cities” and “System Integration” to describe his work. By framing software as “public sector IT,” he masks the controversial nature of the products, selling surveillance under the guise of modernization.
- The Family Link: While Adryan avoids naming his father, he explicitly credits his business approach to his family’s background in the energy industry. He attributes UCG’s culture to “ASA values” — the specific corporate philosophy (Authentic, Special, Adaptive) was actually pioneered by his father, Arsjad Rasjid, CEO of Indika Energy. This connection suggests UCG functions as a strategic offshore “cut-out,” allowing a family-controlled entity to facilitate massive software imports far from the direct oversight of Indonesian regulators.
The data suggests a strong link between a little-known Hungarian firm and multi-million dollar Indonesian police tenders. The use of vague product descriptions like “Explorer Software” and “Infiltration Data Collection,” combined with the involvement of a politically-connected 28-year-old hospitality graduate, points toward a high-margin operation for surveillance and analytics software that warrants further transparency.
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