Marcos made the remarks during his meeting with SHERA top executives on the sidelines of the 44th and 45th ASEAN Summit and Related Summits here on Wednesday.
“For the Philippines, of course we are very interested in this because of import substitution that it will provide. And hopefully, if things go well, you can use the Philippines as a center hub for export to wherever else other markets that you might want to enter,” Marcos said.
The Thai company will build its plant inside the TECO Industrial Park in Mabalacat, Pampanga. It will serve as SHERA's first overseas operations in the Philippines that could employ 120 to 150 full-time workers.
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