Cebu expansion

CEBU’S  robust construction industry has prompted an equipment supplier company to expand their base in Cebu and open a much bigger facility in Consolacion, Cebu.

In an interview last week, RMD Kwikform division operations director Ian Hayes said that they are seeing the Philippines as a fast growth market for their company specifically Manila and Cebu being the two fastest growing areas in the country today.

“We started operations here in the Philippines since 1997 and expanded in Cebu in 2001 in a smaller area in Mabolo, Cebu City,” said Engr. Warel D. Demaisip, RMD Kwikform manager for southern region.

Hayes said that since they opened in the country, they saw the biggest growth in 2007 which registed 300 percent growth in terms of revenues.

Cebu is part of the southern region group and is considered their hub for all their operations in other key cities like Davao, Cagayan de Oro and Iloilo.

“Because of the robust growth we had especially here in Cebu where construction is experiencing a boom, we have opened a much bigger facility here in Tayud, Consolacion. The area is bigger than the old one which was only 1,500 square meters. Here we have a total of 6,000 square meters,” said Demaisip.

RMD Kwikform is a global construction equipment supplier that provides rentals for formworks and falseworks with presence in 22 countries around the world. /Reporter Aileen Garcia-Yap