Season's Greetings from Atlas Copco Phils

Season's Greetings!

Our sincere thanks for your loyalty.

Wishing you and your family a happy and prosperous new year

From the Compressor Technique Management Team of Atlas Copco Philippines Inc!

Atlas Copco Philippines holds 2 legs of the 2008 Technical Symposium Series

With the aim of sharing knowledge on Compressed Air Systems to the country's technical community, Atlas Copco Philippines just successfully held 2 legs of the 2008 Technical Symposium Series: Preventive Maintenance and Proper Care. The Technical Symposium Series is one of the largest technical training series the company holds annually.

Participants from different companies and industries attended each free 2-day Technical Symposium. Lunch and Snacks were provided to all participants.

The CAMANAVA leg was held last November 13 and 14, 2008 from 8:30am to 5:30pm at the Penthouse, Aberdeen Court (Great Eastern Hotel), 1403 Quezon Avenue, Quezon City.

The Isabela / Northern Luzon leg was held last November 6 and 7, 2008 from 8:30am to 5:30pm at the Queen Jennifer Hotel, Cauayan City, Isabela.

This two-day technical symposium aims to refresh – if not to educate – the knowledge and the skills of different companies' Technical Teams on Quality Air Products, Operating Principles of Air Compressors, Parts Ordering and Stocking, Proper Preventive Maintenance and Basic Trouble Shooting Techniques. Participants also had the chance to see demos of actual units in action. All of these are aimed to achieve savings on operating and maintenance costs and eventually maximizing the profit for your company.

The symposium facilitators were:

Mr. Jonnie F. Regis – Philippine CT General Manager
Mr. Danny A. Talaugon – After Market Business Line Manager
Mr. Eric F. Alfonso – Industrial Air Division Business Line Manager

Congratulations to the winner of the 2008 Customer Satisfaction Survey raffle

Congratulations to Easy Victor of Texas Instruments for winning a Samsung mobile phone in the 2008 Atlas Copco Philippines Customer Satisfaction Survey raffle draw! The survey was recently held last September.

We would like to thank you, our customers, for the great opportunity you have given us as part of your business as your Compressed Air Solutions provider. Atlas Copco Philippines truly embraces our commitment to provide you the best solutions, products and services.

The survey has given us the chance to hear your thoughts and concerns to help us serve you better. Rest assured, we are in the process of addressing the concerns you raised.

Thank you and happy holidays!

Atlas Copco Philippines Hosts Swedish Students under International Workplace Training Program

From October 13 to 31, 2008, Atlas Copco Philippines Inc. hosted 3 Swedish students to 3 weeks of actual on the job training. Erik Winblad von Walter, Philip Johansson and Oskar Johansson (in the photo, left to right) got to experience how different facets of work are done locally.

All 3 were under the Student International Workplace Training program of ABB Industrial High School in Västerås, Sweden. All 3 are graduating students. Under the training program, the students are given the freedom to choose which country to go to and which company to work for.

When asked why they chose the Philippines and why Atlas Copco, Oskar Johansson said, “We chose Atlas Copco because it is a well known international brand. In fact, it is one of the biggest industrial companies back in Sweden. We believe that the Philippines has one of the most dynamic economies in Asia, and this will give us the opportunity to observe and learn these dynamics. This also gives us a chance to immerse ourselves in the colourful Filipino culture.”

Training Program

“For the past 3 weeks, each of these students was rotated to different departments, such as Supply and Logistics, Service, Sales and Marketing, and Credit and Collection. They each had significant time learning the ropes of the business from the local staff,” Hector Melencio, CT Marketing Specialist, said.

Jonnie Regis, Philippine CT General Manager, added, “In times of internationalization with greater cross-border contacts and globalization, we hope to help them achieve a stronger connection between education and working life.”

“We hope to sponsor more foreign students in the future. Not only will this give them a chance to learn how we do things, this will also give them the opportunity to enjoy Filipino hospitality and our world-famous tourist spots. In fact, they went to Boracay Island after the training.”

Immersion

To totally immerse themselves in the Philippines, they opted not to stay in any hotel. Instead, they rented a house near Atlas Copco Philippines’ Laguna Technopark office.

After their training program was completed, Philip Johansson said, “After 3 weeks here in Laguna, we learned many things about the local work processes. But I guess the more important thing is that we learned more on how life is in the Philippines. We learned how to ride the jeepney and the tricycle. We’ve already been to malls in the area. We’ve eaten the local foods. We also had to chance to sing videoke and party with the locals. We really felt welcome.”