It is distributed in Australia, Asia, Africa, New Zealand, United States, Canada, Europe, and Middle Eastern countries. Outside its main manufacturing plants in Indonesia, Indomie is also produced in Nigeria since 1995 where it is a popular brand and has the largest instant noodle manufacturing plant in Africa.

"Indo" stands for "Indonesia" and "mie" is the Indonesian word for "noodles", therefore "Indomie" stands for "noodles from Indonesia or Indonesian noodle". Both Indomie and IndoMie can be used to describe the brand.

Instant noodles were first introduced into the Indonesian market in 1969. Indofood is one of Indonesia's largest pre-packaged food companies, and was founded in 1982 by Sudono Salim, an Indonesian tycoon who also owned Bogasari flour mills. Indomie instant noodle brand was first launched in 1972 with Indomie Kuah Rasa Kaldu Ayam (chicken stock) flavour, followed by Indomie Kuah Rasa Kari Ayam (chicken curry) flavour in 1980. In 1982 Indomie launched its first dry (served without soup) Indomie Mi Goreng variant, which quickly become popular in the Indonesian market.

According to wikipedia