URC starts work on Batangas plant
Excerpt Taken from URC starts work on Batangas plant (msn.com):
JOG+Associates takes great pride in having designed URC’s state-of-the-art food manufacturing hub, embodying innovation and excellence in industrial development.
GOKONGWEI-LED Universal Robina Corp. (URC) on Thursday said that it had started development of a 30.7-hectare manufacturing facility in Malvar, Batangas, with expansion works slated over the next 15 years.
“This mega plant will feature state-of-the-art manufacturing technology — from the way it will be constructed all the way to how it will be operated,” Irwin Lee, URC president and chief executive officer, said in a statement.
JOG+Associates has designed the URC Malvar plant with architectural interventions to improve production workflows.
Innovation and Design
“The manufacturing lines to be installed in Malvar will incorporate design improvements that will further reduce material resource inputs, production wastage, labor efforts and energy as well as water consumption,” he added.
The facility will be equipped with solar panels to generate electricity, Lee noted, adding that the company will optimize the use of resources by utilizing rainwater and reusing wastewater.
URC, which markets salty snacks, candies, chocolates and ready-to-drink tea, has focused on increasing renewable energy use at its manufacturing hubs in the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.
The administration building of the URC Malvar development creates a warm and welcoming atmosphere for visitors.
Nation Building and Economic Development
Once the new facility is completed, the company said that at least 3,000 workers will be employed, both directly and indirectly.
“We look forward to building a healthy relationship with the people of Malvar,” Lee said.
“We also look forward to doing our part in economic development and nation-building by providing jobs to the residents of Malvar and the rest of the country, with the full build-out of this manufacturing facility.”
The facility will be equipped with solar panels to generate electricity, Lee noted, adding that the company will optimize the use of resources by utilizing rainwater and reusing wastewater.
URC, which markets salty snacks, candies, chocolates and ready-to-drink tea, has focused on increasing renewable energy use at its manufacturing hubs in the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.
