Garments and footwear are the major industries in Mariveles located mostly at the Bataan Export Process-ing Zone, a former 1,200 hectares barren jungle i transformed into a modern industrial complex with more than 60 multinational companies manufacturing products for the World and providing employment to more than 25,000 Filipinos.
Bataan Export Processing Zone preferred industries are: Wearing apparel, Garments, Textile, Electronics, Sporting Goods, Leather Products, Chemical Stabilizers, Fiberglass, Reinforced Plastic Products, Materials Handling Equipment, Synthetic Optical Lenses. Remarkable progress took place at the Bataan Export Processing Zone, the first and premiere economic zone in the country, now called the Bataan Economic Zone.
THE PETROCHEMICAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
The nominal entry of new investors in the country, in the 1990’s, while reflective of the global economic downtown, nonetheless brought another giant investment in Mariveles. The Philippine National Oil Company – Petrochemical Development Corporation (PNOC-PDC), a multi-million dollar project, came in as the biggest single investment in 1993.
Sprawled on a 530-hectare land along the coastal area at Brgy. Batangas Dos, PNOC-PDC operated and developed the area as a petrochemical industrial estate, and established thereat petrochemical and related industries either by itself or in joint venture with private investors. Today, there are five companies operating within the complex employing some 2000 Filipino workers.
PLASTIC CITY
Diversified Plastic Film, a petrochemical downstream industry established its plant at Brgy. Alion. Now, on its expansion phase, it is expected to become a plastic city and has a projected employment of 5,000 workers in the next five years.
TOTAL PHILS. CORPORATION
Another multi-million dollar investment , TOTAL FINA ELF is the merger of 3 leaders in the petroleum and chemical industries: TOTAL, PETROFINA, and ELF AQUITANE. Its oil distribution terminal is located along the coastal area of Brgy. Alas-asin. A US $20 million project, the terminal is a strong and indisputable contender in the local oil industry today. Equipped with the state-of-the-art facilities, it is expected to supply up to 5% of the country’s oil demands within the next 5 years even as it meets the requirements of existing clients.
ASIAN TERMINAL INC. (ATI)
Endowed with a deep-water bay, Mariveles has excellent potentials of a world-class port facility. In fact the Asian Terminal Inc. (ATI), the country’s premiere port operator and logistics provider has developed and is now operating a 10-hectare bulk grain terminal in the town designed to carry out efficient handling, storage and distribution of imported bulk and grains. In operation since 1996, Mariveles Grain Terminal is the first of its kind in the Philippines and one of the most advanced in Asia today.
