Secretary of Philippine Department of Trade and Industry Visits STIHL in Waiblingen
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PRESS RELEASE ______
Waiblingen, June 5, 2014
Secretary of Philippine Department of Trade and Industry visits STIHL in Waiblingen
The Honorable Gregory Domingo, Secretary of the Philippine Department of Trade and Industry, accompanied by Undersecretary Ponciano Manalo and a delegation, visited STIHL’s corporate headquarters on June 5, 2014. The guests were wel- comed by Eva Mayr-Stihl, deputy chairwoman of the STIHL advisory board, Dr. Rüdiger Stihl, member of the STIHL advisory board, Karl Angler, executive board member finance, controlling, information systems and service, Dr. Michael Prochaska, executive board member human resources and law as well as Dr. Ste- fan Caspari, Head of corporate communications.
In her welcoming address, Eva Mayr-Stihl stressed the company’s ties with the Philippines. “We have been represented in the Philippines since the mid-seventies where our products are currently sold by more than 160 authorized servicing deal- ers.”
The Philippine Officials saw the assembly line and plastics production in the STIHL Plant 2, Waiblingen-Neustadt. Secretary Domingo expressed admiration for Ger- man manufacturing proficiency and said “that the Philippines has a lot to learn from this.” He expressed deep gratitude for the hospitality of STIHL and said that he would convey to President Benigno Aquino his experience in Waiblingen. Aside from STIHL the officials also met, during their 3-day visit to Germany, with various manufacturers of construction materials, industrial lubricants, dental equipment, and software developers.
In January 2014, employees of STIHL, ANDREAS STIHL & Co. KG and the EVA MAYR-STIHL FOUNDATION donated some 60,000 euros to the SOS Children’s Village Iloilo in the Philippines to alleviate the suffering of the children in the after - PRESS RELEASE ______
math of a typhoon. The STIHL importer DMI (Deutsche Motorgeräte Inc.) had sup- ported several aid organizations in the Philippines and donated STIHL chain saws and power tools for clearing up operations in the disaster area.
STIHL is Germany’s most attractive employer in the consumer durables sector. This was confirmed in the “Germany’s Best Employer” survey performed by the Focus news magazine. STIHL came 37th in the overall ranking and was ranked number two in the engineering industry. STIHL is heavily committed to supporting young staff during their training and also in universities. The opportunity to be creative and having the freedom to develop one’s own ideas are typical hallmarks of careers at STIHL.
Company Portrait The STIHL Group develops, manufactures and distributes power tools for professional forestry and agri- culture as well as for garden and landscape maintenance, the construction sector and the demanding pri- vate user. The range of garden power tools from VIKING complements the product line. Products are dis- tributed exclusively through authorized dealers, including 34 marketing subsidiaries, about 120 importers and more than 40,000 dealers in over 160 countries. STIHL has been the world’s top-selling chain saw brand since 1971. The company was founded in 1926 and is based in Waiblingen near Stuttgart. In 2013, STIHL achieved a worldwide sales volume of 2.81 billion euros with a workforce of 13,844.
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Your contact for daily and business press: ANDREAS STIHL AG & Co. KG Dr. Stefan Caspari Head of Corporate Communications and Public Relations Badstrasse 115 / 71336 Waiblingen Phone: +49 - (0) 7151/26-1402 Fax.: +49 - (0) 7151/26-81402 E-Mail: [email protected]