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.

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.

[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 2 factories each in Kudus and Demak with more than 10,000 employees, 11 representative offices, 5 authorized dealers and 50 service centers covering all of Indonesia.