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.

GIMME' Your Heart!

Atlas Copco Philippines celebrated the Month of Love with "GIMME' Your Heart!" (The Search for the Most Desirable Atlas Copco Employee). This event was done through the efforts of the Atlas Copco Employees Club (ACEC).

Employees bought heart stickers and placed them on 'desirable' fellow employees. After days of collecting stickers, these were then tallied on February 11, 2009. The employee with the most number of heart stickers won an all expense-paid dinner date for 2 at one of the Metro’s fanciest restaurants on February 14, 2009.

Part of the proceeds of this event went to ACEC's outreach program.

Strike! Atlas Copco to hold the 2008 ACEC Bowling Tournament

This coming Friday, August 15, expect the Atlas Copco employees to slowly wind down their work as early as 430 pm. Then expect all of them to shut down their computers and race to their cars at the strike of 5. This doesn't normally happen unless something big comes up. And something big is coming!

All of them will be heading to Gameworx, Festival Mall in Alabang, Muntinlupa for the 2008 Atlas Copco Employees Club (ACEC) Bowling Tournament.

Every year, Atlas Copco Philippines holds a Bowling Tournament for its hardworking employees. Bowling is huge in this company. There's no better way to have fun, bond with the rest of the crew, and yet be competitive at the same time.

For the next 4 Fridays (from August 15 to September 12, except August 26) from 6 pm til 11 pm, the halls of the Gameworx will be rocking with close to a hundred Atlas Copco bowlers and their families (8 colors/teams). Raffles, prizes and giveaways will keep participants on their feet even when they were not working on their Strikes and Spares.

See you at the lanes!

All About Compressed Air

One of the most taken for granted pieces of technology is the air compressor. In fact, when we ask friends who aren't engineers what they know about air compressors, most of them just shrug and say "I don't know."

Yet in many industries, such as manufacturing, construction, even food and medicine, air compressors are integral parts of their operations.

Air compressors in a nutshell

An air compressor is a mechanical device that increases the pressure of air by reducing its volume. Compressors are similar to pumps: both increase the pressure on a fluid and both can transport the fluid through a pipe. As air is compressible, the compressor also reduces the volume of a gas, resulting to an increase in the velocity of the gas.

To site an easy example, take a blowpipe / blowgun natives use. Once a person blows into a pipe, the air is compressed by the pipe, propelling the dart forward.

Compressed air drives the pneumatic devices, automations and tools used in the making of almost anything - food, buildings, medicine, cars, and a host of other end products.

All because of Atlas Copco

With the trust placed in us by our partners and customers, we are validating their confidence with an ad we will be releasing in the 2008-2009 DPC Commercial and Industrial Yellow Pages. Be one of the first to check it out before the new Yellow Pages come out in June 2008.

Laguna Technopark Cares Beyond Air with 10-K Fun Run

Binan, Laguna - In line with our drive to Care Beyond Air and go beyond our business, Atlas Copco Philippines partnered with Laguna Technopark Association, Inc. (LTAI) to successfully hold the 2008 LTA 10-K EKIDEN last May 24, 2008. 14 LTA-based companies or locators participated in the 11^th edition of the EKIDEN. Ekiden means “fun run” in Japanese. A team has 7 runners each.

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. Of the 14 teams that sweated it out in the cool Laguna morning breeze, Daiho won the overall championship with a blistering fast time of 36 minutess and 16 seconds. Coming in very close at second was a runner from Imasen with 36 minutes and 41 seconds. The third placer from Nikko Metals clocked in at 39 minutes and 33 seconds.

From 4^th to 14^th place, the other participants of this Ekiden were: Kito Phils, F-Tech, TS Tech Trim, Lamcor, JFE Shoji, Keihin Phils., Sunpower, Toshiba, Fujitsu Die-tech, Panasonic, and Surtec.

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. Ms. Anita Lauguico, LTAI Manager, said, “From what I’ve heard, most of the runners put in a lot of extra time and effort to make this race competitive. We’ve seen it in the amazing times the teams have clocked in. In fact, this year’s edition of the Ekiden is one of the fatest, if not the fastest, we’ve ever had! With this year’s success, we hope to see more teams battle it out next year.”

The 2008 LTA 10-K Ekiden is also co-sponsored by Pepsi Cola, Coca Cola, Mocha Blends, Yutaka, and Asia United Bank.

Caring Beyond Air

Caring Beyond Air (CBA) 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.