20/12/2022
Sa pagpasok ng unang kwarter ng taong 2023, magbubukas ang malaking kompanyang Unilever ng kanilang manufacturing facility sa lungsod ng General Trias.
“The Unilever expansion, that’s one of the highlights of the visit. They have shared with us their P4.7-billion project in General Trias, Cavite, this is a personal-care facility. They said I think it is one of their biggest personal-care facilities. It is a state-of-the-art facility run by 4 IR [industrial revolution] technology,” pahayag ni Evariste M. Cagatan, executive director of BOI, sa naganap na media briefing kamakailan.
Binanggit din ni Cagatan na ang bagong pasilidad ay gagamit ng “advanced 4th industrial revolution lighthouse” na ginagamit din sa iba pang Unilever global facilities.
Ayon pa sa kaniya, ang Unilever ay magkakaroon ng higit 15 porsiyentong kapasidad sa paggamit ng pinakabagong teknolohiya. Nabanggit din niya na ang pasilidad sa General Trias ay makakapagbuo ng 88,000 tonelada taunang kapasidad para sa personal-care products.
Sa kanyang bahagi, binigyang-diin ni Benjie Yap, tagapangulo ng Unilever Philippines, na ang P4.7-bilyong puhunan ay malaking ambag sa sektor ng pagmamanupaktura sa Pilipinas.
“We expressed to President (Ferdinand R.) Marcos our long-term commitment to sustainable and responsible growth in the country and we are optimistic that our new P4.7-billion investment in a future-fit personal-care factory in Cavite will contribute to the Philippine manufacturing sector’s competitiveness as we employ highly advanced technologies, with the potential to qualify the facility for the World Economic Forum’s ‘Advanced Fourth Industrial Revolution Lighthouse,’” ani Yap.
Source: Business Mirror