The Philippine Embassy in Prague reported to the Department of Foreign Affairs that Ambassador Evelyn D. Austria-Garcia visited the warranty service company, TELEPLAN PRAGUE S.R.O., on October 5.
Together with Dutch Ambassador Jan Cornelis Henneman, Ambassador Austria-Garcia was given a briefing on the company’s activities, including the recruitment of its personnel.
The visit comes after the assistance provided by the Embassy to the company in the renewal of the residence permits of its Filipino employees.
TELEPLAN is a global company based in the Netherlands, which has an established presence in 24 sites in over 12 countries in North America, Europe and Asia.
The company, which has 5,600 employees, generates annual revenue of about €278.6 million (US$417.9 million). Among its clients are Nokia, Cisco, Sony, Microsoft, RIM, Activision, IBM and TOMTOM.
Its facility in the Czech Republic employs 509 employees, 40 percent of whom are Filipinos involved in various systems operations such as line maintenance, quality and product engineers.
During the briefing given by TELEPLAN Chief Executive Officer and President Gotthard Haug and Vice President for Operations Pierre Gingras at its facility in Ricany, the Ambassador was elated to hear that the company intends to hire more Filipinos in its facility in the Czech Republic, almost double their present number of 85.
She was even happier when she was informed that the company is presently discussing a venture in the Philippines with RIM, producers of smart phone Blackberry.
Ambassador Austria-Garcia assured them of the Embassy’s assistance to ensure the success of TELEPLAN’s operations in the Czech Republic.
Source: DFA
