Atlas Copco Philippines part of Texas Instruments (TI) – Air Liquide Philippines (ALPI) Bulk Gas Plant

Atlas Copco Philippines was recently invited to the opening ceremony of the Texas Instruments (TI) – Air Liquide Philippines (ALPI) Bulk Gas Plant last January 16, 2009 at the TI-ALPI Gas Yard, Clark Freeport Zone, Pampanga. Johan Lindqvist, Air Liquide President and CEO, was there to open the ceremony.

The plant is designed and installed as an end-to-end system to optimize the cost efficiency of bulk gas deliveries, a huge portion of which is nitrogen.

Big role

What's Atlas Copco's part in all this, you may ask.

An Atlas Copco compressed dry air system efficiently provides oil-free air to the facilities and production requirement. This system complies with the most stringent Class Zero oil-free requirements.

To date, this is the Philippines’ largest - largest centrifugal air compressor, largest screw air compressor, and largest heat of compression desiccant dryer installation in the Philippines.

2008 Portable Air Roadshow shows how to "Revolutionize Your Productivity"

Binan, Laguna - We successfully held the 2008 Portable Roadshow last June 25, 2008 at our Atlas Copco Philippines Head Office in Laguna Technopark. The Roadshow aims to show guests and participants how to “Revolution Your Productivity.”

Everybody welcome

More than 75 guests from different fields were there. Visitors from construction, utilities, manufacturing, mining and even students were treated to the latest innovations and technologies in the field of Portable Compressed Air Applications and Power Generation.

After being personally welcomed by Jonnie Regis, the Country General Manager, the guests had the opportunity to be taught by the best in the industry.

Albert Cantuba, Portable Air Business Line Manager, gave an overview on the Portable Air industry. He said, “We treat our customers as partners. And as partners, we want to give them the best available solutions for their specific Portable Air needs.”

He was followed by Rainier Javier, Portable Air Senior Product Engineer, who showed them “Innovations in Compressed Air Technology and Applications” that were aimed to maximize benefits for the users’ superior productivity. Jet Paningbatan, Portable Air Senior Product Engineer, then delved on “Revolutionizing Productivity in Action,” where he presented best practices and customer testimonials that have gone from productivity to profits.

Beat Marbacher, Southeast Asia Business Development Manager, capped the session by explaining Atlas Copco’s total portable air solutions. From financing terms to energy conservation, he showed partners how to get the full Atlas Copco Portable Air experience.

Building a foundation

We invited students and faculty from different technical schools to learn more about air compressors and to give them a crack at hands-on experience. Dr. Manny Belino, Mapua Institute of Technology Mechanical Engineering Department Chair, brought some of his students over. He said that the Roadshow gave them an opportunity to know more about compressed air theory. But more importantly, it gave them the chance to get out of their classrooms and see theory in action.

Realizing the importance of real world and practical applications, he added, “I am pleased to meet you and the rest of Atlas Copco's staff during your roadshow. I am interested for Mapua to forge an MOA with Atlas Copco for our OJT requirements, plant visits and other similar activities.”

Hopefully, this would be a start of a productive partnership not just between Atlas Copco and Mapua, but also to other schools.

Worth the effort

We’ve got to admit that Laguna may be a bit far from Manila. So to make things more worthwhile for our guests, we raffled off 10 Caltex pre-paid fuel cards worth P1,000 each to ease the fuel crunch. For our coffee lovers, we also gave away 8 Starbucks gift checks worth P500 each, and 5 Starbucks mugs. And for the main prizes, we gave away 2 Apple 3rd generation 4 gig Ipod Nanos!

To complete the Roadshow, we had a Machine Expo, where the guests had the chance to view and actually operate the air compressors, generator sets and tools.

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!