SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — Japanese technology firm Sanyo Denki Philippines, Inc. has opened a research and product development center in this free port, promising to deliver high reliable and high performance products to its global network of affiliates and customers.
The firm, which produces cooling, power and servo systems at its factories in the Subic Techno Park here inaugurated the Sanyo Denki Technology Center (SDP-TC) last week, an expansion project for the company that was established here in 2000.
Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) Chairman and Administrator Wilma T. Eisma, who graced the inauguration, remarked that Sanyo Denki’s new project “will bring the future to Subic.”
“The technology transfer would again put the Filipino workers on top of their game, so aside from the fact that Sanyo Denki would be hiring more locals, Subic would also benefit a lot from this undertaking,” she added.
Sanyo Denki Philippines (SDP) chief executive officer and president Koichi Uchibori said SDP-TC will serve as the hub of product development for the Sanyo Denki Group of Companies here in the Philippines.
“From now on, Sanyo Denki Philippines, will be developing high performance and high quality products- the much needed parts of the costumers around the world,” he continued.
SDP senior executive operating officer Kauro Tamura said the SDP-TC will consolidate the technology development base for its three design departments.
Sanyo Denki Philippines, Inc. is the production site for cooling, power, and servo systems of Sanyo Denki Co. Ltd., a global technology company that started out in Tokyo in 1932 with a factory for the production of small AC/DC generators and power units for communications equipment.
Its Subic operations include highly efficient automated production lines such as the surface mount technology (SMT), and a department for developing and designing cooling fans.
SDP design division supervisor Michiro Watanabe explained that Sanyo Denki’s efforts to enhance its operations in Subic has resulted in the establishment of the SDP-TC, which is the third building it has put up since 2000.
He said that the new facility will now house the consolidated design department for fan design, servo design, and power design.
“This comfortable work space will allow us to go on with the business, with the combined efforts of the Japanese management and the Filipino staff, to deliver world-class products with higher performance and higher quality,” Watanabe also said. (Dante M. Salvana)