A manufacturer of bathroom equipment in the Philippines is planning to produce a device that serves as a thermal scanner and alcohol dispenser, and detect people in public spaces who are not wearing a face mask.
In a meeting with the Board of Investments (BOI) in February, Hocheng Philippines Corp. (HPC) relayed its plan to assemble here its LENUS. LENUS is an anti-virus guard that can scan body temperature and dispense alcohol, as well as detect people who are not wearing a face mask.
Trade Undersecretary and BOI Managing Head Ceferino S. Rodolfo said the expansion plans of HPC fits the agency’s thrust toward making the Philippines an investment destination for the manufacture of medical equipment critical in fighting the Covid-19 pandemic.
“We are positioning the Philippines as a complementary host country to target companies, particularly those looking into diversifying their business locations to sustain and enhance competitiveness. HPC’s expansion plans additionally strengthen this positioning”, Rodolfo said.
Rodolfo said it is important to attract investments such as HPC’s into the Philippines, as they don’t just add on to capital inflows, but supply the population as well with critical products.
“By enticing them to invest in these industries, the outcome is a win-win for both businesses and the country. While we make their enterprises grow, we attract the highly-desirable investments that will serve the public interest especially in this time of the health crisis,” Rodolfo said.
HPC demonstrated in the meeting how the LENUS device works, particularly how to refill its alcohol and reconfigure thermal scanner settings.
Rodolfo and other BOI officials also tried using LENUS, with the voice prompt set in the Filipino language. The voice prompt alerts the users when approaching LENUS without a face mask, reminding them to wear one before entering the establishment, a feature of the technology that can be used especially in crowded places.
The firm is targeting to introduce LENUS into the country’s hospitals, health care facilities, business establishments and even consumer users.
Hocheng Corp., the parent company of HPC, is a Taiwan-based company that makes and sells hygiene porcelains; water supply copper wares; bathtubs and table boards; toilet covers; kitchenware and ceramic plates, among others. The firm put up HPC in 1995.
In 1997 it opened a 10-hectare plant in First Cavite Industrial Estate in Dasmariñas City, Cavite. Since then, HPC has been providing total bathroom solutions as well as kitchen fixtures to diverse residential, commercial, institutional and tourism structures in the country. It earns about P1.7 billion yearly, and employs roughly 850 workers in its Cavite plant.
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