Electronic group sets 124th assembly in Clark

• Source:http://www.sunstar.com.ph/pampanga/local-news/2016/04/28/electronic-group-sets-124th-assembly-clark-470568
• Thursday, April 28, 2016

By Reynaldo G. Navales

CLARK FREEPORT -- The Semiconductor and Electronics Industries in the Philippines Foundation, Incorporated (SEIPI) has set its 124th General Membership Meeting inside the Freeport, today, Friday.

The event dubbed “Pairs: Policies, Actions, Investments/Innovations, Reforms and Services for the Semiconductor and Electronics Industry,” will start at 10 a.m. at the Holiday Inn Clark.

Seipi is an organization of foreign and Filipino semiconductor and electronics companies in the Philippines, allied and support industry and the academe.

In 2015, our industry accounted for 49 percent share of the total Philippine exports, directly employed 351,387 operators and technicians and invested a total of P80.783 billion.

The group’s quarterly meeting is attended by around 150 chief executive officers, presidents, general managers, managing directors and senior executives of electronic companies with base of operations in the country.

The event is aimed to keep the companies abreast of the latest technology, trends and economic issues affecting the Philippine electronics industry.

Speakers during meeting will be coming from the government and will feature topics about ensuring investments protection and energy security.