Wazzup Pilipinas!
Build! Build! Build! The developments in many urban communities and commercial or business areas seems to be non-stop throughout the years. We now see so many high-rise buildings like residential condominium towers flourishing all over the metro. There's also a widespread proliferation of malls, food parks and even parking lots. It is then without any doubt that in the middle of all of these is the demand for construction and hardware supplies.
True enough, the hardware business is growing since we see the trend continuing for several more years. Everyone, from corporations to households are ever needing their tools, equipment and hardware supplies to build, repair, extend or improve.
We then see a lot of business transactions for Co Ban Kiat Hardware (CBKHI), also known as the “House of Improvements.” They are indeed at the forefront of enabling quality developments since they carry a lot of great brands related to the hardware industry.
To give you a brief history, the company started in the 1920 when the family patriarch Mr. Cobankiat opened a store in the heart of the Manila Chinatown.
Business resumed after World War II but it was not until after three years later, in 1948, that the company recovered. The new CBKHI building was constructed on the very same spot where it stood before the war.
CBKHI has been the forefront of homebuilding supplies. From selling nails and iron wires as their main products, o
affordable table saw and other tools and equipment, CBKHI has evolved and is now considered as one of the country’s leading suppliers of the top-of-the-line hardware materials.
The hardware company is one of the few pioneering hardware businesses in the Philippines which has withstood the test of time.
Driven by excellence, CBKHI initiated the retail concept for hardware stores in the country by putting up the Hardware Workshop Store.
To cater to the growing demand of industrial and construction industries, CBKHI transformed itself by providing corporations with tangible solutions to address their primary concerns on safety and quality.
This also paved way to the birth of Coby’s Design Center in Edsa Shangri La in 1996. This specialty store offers a wide array of products that showcase versatility and Innovativeness to suit the discriminating tastes of the modern Filipino.
In 1997, Mr. Johnny Cobankiat took the advantage in bringing a franchise of Ace Hardware USA in the country with Cobankiat Hardware as one of its suppliers. In time, CBKHI expanded its distribution channel and is now considered as one of the leading suppliers in all major retail or home improvement stores in the country.
With its nearly a century’s excellence and guided by its vision to be the largest network supplier of the biggest brands in the world in the hardware industry, CBKHI resolve to work at sourcing the best products to supply its customers anytime and every time.
Brands They Carry
Some of Their Retail Partners
Some of Their Completed Projects
Some of Their Clients in Industrial Sector
To know more about their products and services, please visit their website www.cbkhardware.com or follow their Facebook account
www.facebook.com/cbkhardware.
Ross is known as the Pambansang Blogger ng Pilipinas - An Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Professional by profession and a Social Media Evangelist by heart.
