City of Naga, Cebu: the Industrial City of 

the South

Good day!

Naga: the place where I was born, grown, and opened to real world undertaking. But aside of such memorabilia that can be meaningfully collected from my very own city, there are still other features that though readily obvious, but still, I will be emphasizing for it is truly worth of recognition and pride.

Naga is being labeled as the Industrial City of the South. It is the home of paramount industries not only economically beneficial to the Nagahanon but also to all Cebuano and in some extent to all Filipinos. These industries include: SPC (Salcon Power Corporation), KEPCO (Korean Electrical Power Corporation) and Cemex Cement Factory. Others are: Manila sawmill lumber, RSA (Rikio Southeast Asia) and Cebu Marble Industry.

APO Cement Corporation

The APO Cement plant, under the APO Cement Corporation (ACC), located in Tina-An, Naga, Cebu, is renowned locally as one of the most modern plants in the country, despite being one of the country's oldest, having been established in 1921. It produces both Pozzolan and Portland cement under the APO Cement brand. The plant is designed and built to the strictest industry standards recognized worldwide, utilizing modern cement technology for the most efficient processing and consistent product formulation.

KEPCO SPC Power Corp (KSPC)

In 2008, KEPCO Philippines Holdings (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Korea Electric Power Co or KEPCO) went into joint venture with Salcon Power and formed KEPCO SPC Power Corp (KSPC) to construct and operate a 200MW coal power plant in Naga, Cebu. In June 2008, SPC Power Corp obtained a $100M loan from Korean Export-Import Bank (Korean Eximbank) for the coal-fired project. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is also set to approve a US$120M loan to KSPC for the construction of the Naga coal-fired plant (“Visayas Base Load Power Project”).

 

 Salcon Power Corporation

In 1994, a consortium led by Salcon Philippines, Inc. won the bidding of the National Power Corporation's (NPC) rehabilitation, operation, maintenance, and management (ROMM) contract for the Naga Power Plant Complex in Cebu. The year marked the birth of Salcon Power Corporation, or SPC, which was formed to fulfill our obligitions under the ROMM contract, and more importantly, a mission to provide Cebu with a sustainable source of power. As a publicly listed Philippine corporation, SPC is authorized to primarily engaged in the design, construction, rehabilitation, operation, maintenance and management of power generation, supply and distribution of plants and related facilities.