By:
Ronnel W. Domingo 05:22 AM January 04, 2019
First Gen Corp. has
renewed a contract with food firm General Milling Corp. (GMC) related to the
supply of electricity sourced from renewable energy.
First Gen said that
under the new contract, the Lopez-led firm would provide GMC’s factory in
Lapu-Lapu City with electricity coming from Energy Development Corp. (EDC),
First Gen’s renewable energy arm.
EDC has an installed
power generating capacity of 1,471.8 megawatts, from geothermal, wind, hydro
and solar energy platforms.
The factory in
Lapu-Lapu is the largest in the portfolio of GMC, which has been manufacturing
flour and bakery products for more than 50 years.
GMC has since expanded
to the manufacture of animal feeds, corn mill, snack food, pasta, instant
noodles, edible oil and coffee.
“We chose to renew with
First Gen and EDC because aside from the pure renewable energy that they
provide, we are very satisfied with their service. It is just like a renewal of
vows for us,” GMC executive vice president Joselito Parco said in a statement.
Last December, EDC
signed a two-year contract with its latest customer being Citizen Machinery
Philippines Inc. (CMP), maker of lathe machines with facilities in Tanauan,
Batangas.
CMP is a subsidiary of
Japanese timepiece maker Citizen Watch. The contract involves the supply of 2.5
MW of geothermal power.
CMP’s parent firm,
Citizen Machinery Co. Ltd., is based in Nagano, Japan, and is itself a unit of
wristwatch maker Citizen Watch.
CMP manufactures and
assembles automatic lathe machines, which produce other machines for use in
different industries.
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