Lucio Co 的 Pamana Water:PrimeWater 收购的隐藏一面

大亨 Lucio Co 从 Villar 家族手中收购陷入困境的 PrimeWater Infrastructure Corp.,突显了他鲜为人知的水务公司 Pamana Water Corporation,该公司在菲律宾各省运营约 15 个分支。Pamana 于 2017 年推出,旨在提供清洁用水,但同时面临批评,因为政府对 PrimeWater 投诉的调查仍在继续。

Lucio Co 是 Puregold 创始人兼 Cosco Capital Inc. 主席,通过其 Crystal Bridges Holding Corp. 收购服务 170 万户家庭的 PrimeWater,从而扩大了其水务领域的足迹。此交易是在政府保证服务不中断以及 Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA) 调查过去供水问题和高收费之后进行的,此前已有报道。

Pamana Water 中,Co 担任董事会成员,该公司专注于通过与当地水务区的合资企业提供安全供水。它在包括 Pangasinan、Tarlac、Pampanga、Nueva Ecija、Bulacan、Laguna 和 Zamboanga del Sur 的 Pagadian City 等省运营。

在一次罕见的公开活动中,Co 于 2024 年 12 月 15 日访问了 Pamana 在 Pangasinan Dagupan City 的办公室,与员工和客户一起参加 boodle fight。与 Dagupan City 的合资协议于 2020 年 12 月 4 日签署,到 2025 年将服务从 27,677 户扩展至 32,181 户,新增 20,310 米管道和 6 个泵站(从 18 个增至 24 个)。2021 年与 Pampanga 的 Candaba Water District 签署了类似协议。

Pamana 自称是“首选水务提供商”,拥有 15 项合资协议。然而,水务人民网络 (WPN) 强调消费者不满:在 Nueva Ecija 供水不足或无水、在 Tarlac 水质浑浊发黄、在 Pangasinan 涨价。WPN 的 Leo Espelimbergo 指出与 PrimeWater 问题的相似之处:“Pamana 并非圣人……消费者批评 Co 的公司进入此前表现良好的水务区。”

分析师如 Rappler 的 Val Villanueva 强调,重建信任需要透明度,尤其是在收购后。Co 和妻子 Susan 避开媒体,将 Puregold 从 1998 年的一家店发展成第二大零售商(511 家店),同时还有 S&R Membership Shopping、Office Warehouse 等。

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