Laguna Technopark Cares Beyond Air with 10-K Fun Run

In line with their drive to Care Beyond Air and go beyond business, Atlas Copco Philippines partnered with Laguna Technopark Association, Inc. (LTAI) to successfully hold the 2009 LTA 10-K EKIDEN last May 23, 2009.

LTA-based companies or locators participated in the 12th edition of the EKIDEN. Ekiden means “fun run” in Japanese.

Winners all of them

Running the 10K is no joke. But because of the scores of spectators and supporters that lined the course, these runners pushed themselves to the limit.

Everybody went home a winner. The top 3 teams were awarded with individual medals and custom-built wood trophies, plus special items from the sponsors. The rest also got special items from the sponsors.

Faster and faster

The starting gun fired at 7 am, and the race was expected to end at around 10 am. But with the very fast times clocked in, it all ended under 9 am. Mr. Jonnie Regis, Atlas Copco CT General Manager, said, “Another year, another fantastic run! We hope to see more teams battle it out next year.”

Caring Beyond Air

Caring Beyond Air has become Atlas Copco Philippines’ way of life. It is the company’s vision to become and remain First in Mind – First in Choice of both external and internal customers by going beyond business and building on relationships with fellow employees, customers, business partners, shareholders, to society and the environment.

Atlas Copco Philippines runs for the Whale Sharks

Atlas Copco Philippines’ Team Air Runners joined the “Condura Run 09: Skyway Run For The Whale Sharks” last 22nd of March 2009. The race was held at the Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City.

Team Air Runners is currently composed of local Atlas Copco Compressor Technique (CT) employees who are running enthusiasts.

A time for firsts

In their very first 10K run, Eric Alfonso, Mark Magpantay, Romel Tamayo, Nathan Nofuente and George Lapat (in photo L-R) all ran under a relatively fast 1 hour and 16 minutes. Not bad for first timers!

Eric, the Industrial Air Business Line Manager, said, "All of the team Air Runners finished the 10km run from as fast as 56 minutes up to 1 hour, 15 minutes. These guys really did well in our first 10km run. I certainly believe that this will not be the last. Congratulations to all of us who have achieved our goals for this run! We encourage newbie runners to join us in our next race!"

Running for nature

Part of Atlas Copco Philippines “Caring Beyond Air” advocacy is to look beyond business and give back to society and the environment. Jonnie Regis, Country CT General Manager, said, “We are proud to support Condura’s advocacy to help save the country’s marine environment. Last year’s Run was aimed to support the Tubbataha Reef. This year’s Run will be supporting the program to protect the whale sharks in Donsol, Sorsogon.”

Eric added, “In our little way, we, the Team Air Runners have contributed to the cause of preserving and protecting the environment. And the best part of it, we can still enjoy one of the sports that we came to love - running!”

Condura Run 2009

The Condura Run offered races to meet the participants’ level of fitness: 3km Fun Run; 5km Discovery Run; 10km Challenge; and the 21KM Half-marathon. This half-marathon is the first ever run to go through the Skyway.

The mission of the Condura Run is to inspire people to run and at the same time, help save the marine environment and promote eco-tourism by making people aware of the richness that lie beneath our seas. Visit them at www.condurarun.com.

Atlas Copco Philippines

Atlas Copco (Philippines) Inc. is part of the global Atlas Copco group of companies with headquarters in Sweden. Atlas Copco’s Philippine Head Office is at Laguna Technopark, Binan, Laguna. The company is a world leading provider of industrial solutions, specializing in Air Productivity among others. Their products and services range from compressed air equipment/compressors, generators, to related aftermarket and rental. Backed by more than 135 years of experience, they innovate for superior productivity. For more details on products and services, please visit www.atlascopco.com.

Next run

Join Team Air Runners in their next race: Airspeed Runs for a Cause, April 5, 2009 at the SM Mall of Asia.

Atlas Copco Philippines joins Earth Hour 2009

On 8:30PM, last Saturday 28 March 2009, Atlas Copco turned off its lights to be one with the planet in making a statement against global warming.

Atlas Copco's Hector Melencio said, "Joining Earth Hour is part of our commitment to help save the planet. This may have been a small gesture, but turning off the lights for Earth Hour is line with what our company has been advocating all along. In fact, we have an advocacy program called Caring Beyond Air, which highlights not only our responsibility to our employees and customers, but to society and the environment as well."

He added, "We gear all of our solutions, products and services to be as efficient as possible. We help reduce emissions and power consumption. And by helping our customers and partners cut and reduce power costs, we help them save the environment."

Earth Hour

This year, Earth Hour has been transformed into the world’s first global election, between Earth and global warming.

For the first time in history, people of all ages, nationalities, race and background had the opportunity to use their light switch as their vote – Switching off your lights is a vote for Earth, or leaving them on is a vote for global warming.

In 2009, Earth Hour was being taken to the next level, with the goal of 1 billion people switching off their lights as part of a global vote to stand up and take control over the future of our planet. Over 74 countries and territories have pledged their support to VOTE EARTH during Earth Hour 2009. Visit them at www.earthhour.org.

Atlas Copco Philippines extends aid to Typhoon Frank victims

What was expected to be a run-off-the-mill typhoon that most Filipinos were used to became a force of nature that wreaked havoc across parts of the country. On June 22, 2008, Typhoon Frank battered the Visayas with very strong winds and heavy rains, leaving in its wake destroyed houses, damaged buildings, and devastated families.

Entire provinces did not have power, communication lines nor drinking water, days after the Typhoon struck. Some of the hardest hit areas were in Iloilo.

Atlas Copco (Philippines) Inc donated aid to those severely affected by the typhoon through ABS-CBN Foundation’s Sagip Kapamilya program. Jonnie Regis, Philippine Compressor Technique General Manager, said, “We want to help our brethren who were hit fiercely by Typhoon Frank. We coursed our donation through Sagip Kapamilya. We feel that they can truly help these people in these dire times. We know they can bounce back from this calamity.”

ABS-CBN Foundation Sagip Kapamilya

Sagip Kapamilya is the emergency humanitarian assistance program of ABS-CBN Foundation, Inc. They provide food and non-food relief to affected communities of disasters, as well as engage in rehabilitation and disaster risk reduction projects. Recently, Sagip Kapamilya has been involved in disaster preparedness programs which seek to equip schoolchildren with necessary skills and information regarding disaster risk reduction.

Atlas Copco PhilippinesAtlas Copco (Philippines) Inc. is part of the global Atlas Copco group of companies with headquarters in Sweden. Atlas Copco’s Philippine Head Office is at Laguna Technopark, Binan, Laguna. The company is a world leading provider of industrial solutions, specializing on Air Productivity among others. Their products and services range from compressed air equipment/compressors, generators, to related aftermarket and rental. Backed by more than 135 years of experience, they innovate for superior productivity. For more details on products and services, please visit www.atlascopco.com.

Caring Beyond Air Relaunch

Binan, Laguna - With colorful balloons, good food, and a fun & meaningful program, Atlas Copco Philippines just re-launched Caring Beyond Air with a bang last May 19, 2008 at the Main Office in Laguna Technopark. This event was gamely hosted by Raymond Buenaventura and Mariz Nunez, both employees of Atlas Copco Philippines.

Caring Beyond Air explained

What, you ask, is Caring Beyond Air (CBA)? CBA has become Atlas Copco Philippines’ way of life. Jonnie Regis, the country General Manager, explains, “We at Atlas Copco have a vision to become and remain First in Mind – First in Choice of our customers, potential customers, and our other stakeholders. This means being a leader. We should lead in the share of mind and in the share of business. We should be seen as innovators.

But we must realize we do not exist in a vacuum. All our actions, no matter how small and inconsequential they may seem, can and will affect others. This is why we must work on building relationships. We have to build on our relationships with our fellow employees, customers, business partners, shareholders, to society and the environment.

What sets us apart from others is that we have a commitment to be ambassadors of Atlas Copco, not only in sales and marketing, but more importantly, in every day lives.”

Simply put, Caring Beyond Air means going beyond business.

MaSS introduction

The event also featured the launch of Atlas Copco Philippines’ newest group – the Marketing and Sales Support Team (MaSS). Led by Hector Melencio and composed of Charles Salazar, Romel Tamayo and Mel Galvez, the team aims to consolidate the best and most suited employees into one group that would provide shared services to the Compressor Technique (CT) organization.

Committing to the vision

Another highlight of the event is the commitment setting led by CT’s Business Line Managers, where employees affirmed their commitment to uphold Atlas Copco’s core values of interaction, commitment and innovation. Everyone committed to do their part in the Atlas Copco family by pledging to build and strengthen relationships with fellow employees, customers, business partners, shareholders and to society and the environment. They finally committed to themselves to “Care Beyond Air.”

Expect more soon

Stay tuned for more upcoming events and other product updates in the next few days!