Thakral Group of Companies Press Launch
March 23, 2010, I was invited along with some of the Cebu Bloggers Society members again to cover the press launch for a new company that’s about to open in Cebu City soon. I’m pretty excited about this since it means more jobs that don’t really involve call centers, meaning it gives Cebuanos more job options other than being call center agents.
The press conference was done at the Coral Room of the Waterfront Hotel in Lahug. Media from local newspapers were also invited to the event and thanks to them, any question that the CBS might have been too shy to ask, they voiced out loud and clearly.
Technopaq Philippines/Thakral Infotech/OrionElec General Manager Mr. Teddy Sumulong welcomed us, introducing the new company that is about to open. The target opening date is this coming June, so the pressure is on since they were still shopping for office spaces when they were here in Cebu. The local newspapers may start publishing job openings from Technopaq Inc. soon as well, so keep on the lookout.
About Thakral Group of Companies
Founded in 1905, Thakral Group is one of Singapore’s largest homegrown conglomerates with operations spanning 35 countries and employing in excess of 10,000 people worldwide. While Thakral’s roots were in trading and textiles, the group has since forayed into electronics distribution, real estate, hotel establishments, manufacturing, IT and value-added consulting services. The group was ranked “Singapore’s most enterprising company” in 1995 by Business Times. The Thakral Group is providing IT products, services and support in most emerging markets as well as Europe and US. In trading, Thakral carries more than 15 brands of audio-visual, telecommunication and household electronics, and enjoys strong multi-country partnerships with principals like Panasonic, Canon, Apple, IBM, HP, Microsoft, etc. The Thakral Group annual turn-over exceeds $1 Billion.
In the Philippines, Thakral is represented by Technopaq Inc., the largest Distributor of IBM and Lenovo products.
Raffles Solutions, fully owned by the Thakral Group, integrates the strengths of the group’s regional presence, in providing high-value information technology services across all Thakral subsidiaries.
About Thakral Infotech
Thakral Infotech is an EMC business partner dedicated in serving the large and SME sector using EMC’s world-class Unified Storage, Business Recovery and Mid-Range Storage Solutions for the large enterprise and SME sector.
About Technopac Inc.
Technopaq is a market leader in IBM technology and its hardware distribution business serve a multitude of industries through its 500 resellers and ISV alliances. In addition to its status as a local distributor of IBM, Red Hat Linux and Oracle software products, as well as Acer products, Technopaq provides implementation services and warranty maintenance support for its products.
For more information on Thakral Infotech and Technopaq, please call (02)672.5611 to 18. A big thanks to Ms. Sheila Rada of Dominguez Marketing Communications, Inc. for having us and for the press kits.
