In 1995, PT Federal Motor, currently PT Astra Honda Motor, established the Federal Bina Ilmu Foundation that supervise the Federal Academy of Engineering to provide solutions to the needs of reliable and skilled manpower, especially in the motorcycle industry.
Along with business development, the Federal Bina Ilmu Foundation changed to the Astra Bina Ilmu Foundation (YABI) and the Federal Academy of Engineering became the Astra Manufacturing Polytechnic (Polman Astra). YABI through Polman Astra since 2009 has provided scholarships for outstanding students and cover 35% of the total number of students recruited from all over Indonesia. In 2012, Polman Astra graduated 218 students including 48 scholarship recipients from 6 provinces in Indonesia