Philip Morris breaks ground on Asia-Pacific Warehouse Facility at Subic. Philip Morris starts building its Asia-Pacific Leaf Warehouse facility with the groundbreaking ceremony at the Subic Bat Techno Park on January 25, 2010. The facility, which has a 20,000-square meter floor area fully air-conditioned, will be completed on July 31, 2010. Shown shoveling concrete during the groundbreaking (from left) are: Vincent Nguyen, Philip Morris Philippines Manufacturing Inc. (PMPMI) Operations Director; Chris Nelson, PMPMI, Managing Director; SBMA Chairman Feliciano Salonga; Armand Arreza, SBMA Administrator/CEO; Ichiro Tsuji, Subic Techno Park, General Manager; Stef Sanyo, SBMA Deputy Administrator for Business Investments; and Ramon Agregado, SBMA, Senior Deputy Administrator.
Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority administrator Armand Arreza (left) and Philip Morris Philippines managing director Chris Nelson inspect the site of the future Philip Morris warehouse during groundbreaking ceremonies in Subic on Monday.