Sumi Philippines Wiring Systems Corporation President Takashi Takagaki (center) confers with a colleague seconds before the start of the inaugural ceremonies of its new manufacturing plant in Hermosa Ecozone Industrial Park at Palihan, Hermosa, Bataan. Photo shows from left: Danilo Malana, Mayor of Hermosa Bataan; Sumitomo Wiring Systems President and CEO Fumikiyo Uchioke; Sumi Philippines President Takagaki; Felicito C. Payumo, Chairman of both the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) and Subic Clark Alliance for Development Council (SCAD-C); and Rommel Leuterio, President, Hermosa Ecozone Industrial Park. Housed in a 6.8 hectare lot in the Hermosa Ecozone, the manufacturing plant is Sumi Corporation’s most modern plant and soon to be the biggest as it will employ 3,000 workers. The Hermosa Economic Zone is located in the corridor of the Subic-Clark Alliance for Development and is easily accessible through the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEX).