Himmel Industries, Inc.
6 F. Pasco Ave, Pasig, 1610 Metro Manila
09175964624
Sixty-odd years past, some twenty kilometers east of Manila in Barrio Santolan, Pasig, where rice paddies brushed against rusty galvanized roofs, HIMMEL INDUSTRIES, INC. took its first breath. The name, a German word meaning sky or heaven, seemed mere fancy then, yet it proved fitting for the climb of its founder, DR. LUCIO C. TAN, from modest chemist-entrepreneur to titan of Philippine business.
In the beginning we cooked up simple flavoring compounds and comforting aromas. Trade in industrial chemicals soon followed. Barely a year in, we bought an old glycerine kettle that looked fit for scrap. Two winters of patient tinkering coaxed it to life, turning out the nation’s lone USP-grade refined glycerine. Local drug makers queued f Click for details>>
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