1. What does Lamoiyan mean and where did it come from?
Lamoiyan is the Cantonese name of Mr. Cecilio K. Pedro’s grandmother – the first Christian in their family – and who remains his inspiration to this day.
2. How did Lamoiyan Corporation begin?
It all started when the previous company of Mr. Cecilio K. Pedro, Aluminum Container Inc., manufacturer of aluminum tubes closed down. By 1985, toothpaste giants began using plastic laminated tubes. Although this caused Mr. Pedro to close his factory, he realized his old equipment could still be put to good use by forging into the Philippines toothpaste market on his own. Two years later, he reopened his factory as Lamoiyan Corporation, now known as the manufacturer of toothpaste brands’ Hapee and Kutitap.
3. What makes Lamoiyan Corporation a distinguished company?
Hapee was the first ever Filipino toothpaste brand to hit the Philippine market and Lamoiyan Corporation is the first Filipino owned toothpaste manufacturer. Before the entry of Lamoiyan and Hapee toothpaste, no local entrepreneur dared to challenge the foreign brands, which dominated the industry. The success of Hapee toothpaste encouraged other Filipino companies to venture in similar ways.
4. Why was the company recognized as having the Most Outstanding Program for Equal Employment?
Lamoiyan gives opportunities for the hearing impaired by giving them jobs. Mr. Pedro employs over 30 deaf-mute staff in his company, and helps provide them with free housing. To narrow the communication gap between the hearing-impaired and hearing personnel, Mr. Pedro has also required his managers to learn sign language.
5. Why are Lamoiyan products so affordable?
Lamoiyan aims to improve the quality of life by bringing essential products closer to the common people. The company believes in the importance of providing a choice for Filipinos who consider such a privilege rather than a right. By offering products that are considerably set at lower prices, Lamoiyan reaches out to the marginalized of our country by making them feel that they matter; that Lamoiyan genuinely cares about how they take care of themselves, and that their well-being is the company’s utmost concern.
6. What is Mr. Pedro’s secret to success?
Mr. Pedro’s secret to success is no secret at all. He believes that the most important objective in business should be the desire to uplift the living standards of consumers by providing quality products that are cost-efficient
7.What is Lamoiyan’s corporate motto, its guide in doing business?
Making the difference for the glory of God.