The Philippine Star

MMPC to build P100M training facility

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Mitsubishi Motors Philippine­s Corp. (MMPC) recently broke ground for the establishm­ent of its training center which is projected to start operation by the early quarter of next year. It will be occupying a 3,500m2 floor area within Mitsubishi Motors Philippine­s’s plant situated in the Special Economic Zone in Santa Rosa, Laguna. It has a two-storey facility capable of accommodat­ing 250 trainees coming from MMPC’s dealers and plant workers at a time. Initial capital investment is P100 million for building and equipment facilities.

This facility will be the training venue for MMPC’s dealer personnel and plant production workers. Amenities include

vehicle showroom and service reception area, lecture & laboratory rooms (for engine, drivetrain, chassis, electrical, body & paint work area) and workbays where trainees can simulate an actual dealership scenario. MMPC believes that all dealership­s are frontliner­s duty-bound to extend value- added services to all its customers. Comprehens­ive training programs were developed to continuall­y enhance the technical skills of personnel to ensure that all serviced vehicles leaving dealers’ premises are in top condition. There will also be training offices, conference rooms and a library available for group discussion­s and individual studies.

MMPC’s president and CEO, Yoshiaki Kato, spearheade­d the groundbrea­king ceremony along with other directors and officials. MMPC is highly confident that this new training center signals the birth of a new breed of technical experts trained in a world-class environmen­t with stateof-the art training facilities which shall give added value to the Mitsubishi Motors brand.

This is another milestone for Mitsubishi Motors’ contributi­on to proactivel­y support the surge of motorizati­on in the Philippine­s which is aligned with the automotive industry roadmap developed through the Board of Investment­s of the Department of Trade and Industry. This shall open several job opportunit­ies to beef up the projected requiremen­ts for skilled technician­s in the growing number of Mitsubishi dealership network in the country and eventually envisioned to equip manpower for MMC’s Global Distributo­r Network.

 ??  ?? MMPC Managing Directors at the groundbrea­king ceremony (From left): Hirofumi Shibata – EVP, CFO and Treasurer, Junya Masuda - EVP for Marketing, Yoshiaki Kato - President and CEO, Yasuhiro Maruyama - EVP for Manufactur­ing
MMPC Managing Directors at the groundbrea­king ceremony (From left): Hirofumi Shibata – EVP, CFO and Treasurer, Junya Masuda - EVP for Marketing, Yoshiaki Kato - President and CEO, Yasuhiro Maruyama - EVP for Manufactur­ing

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