Uratex makes the country proud through the years

MANILA, Philippines - It was a good mix of nostalgia and pride as Multiflex RNC Philippines, Inc., a company under the RGC Group of Co.’s foam group and manufacturer of leading foam product brand “Uratex,” recently invited the local business and lifestyle media to its sprawling factory located along South Superhighway in Muntinlupa City to give them a glimpse of how the famous Uratex foam is manufactured.

Led by the company’s top executives, the tour essentially provided members of the media with information as to how Uratex products are made. Together, they toured the company’s facilities starting with the research and development laboratory. There, the media saw R&D personnel formulate various types of chemicals in an effort to try and find the right mix using the right tools and inspection standards and come up with the best foam product possible.

The media was also shown how each foam sample from the initial mix is tested extensively on several factors like flexibility, fire-retardant testing, durability and other tests. From there, they were also showed the gigantic, 30-meter-long block of foam that comes out at the foaming area. They also marveled at the various equipments like the Hennecke machine from Germany, the heart and soul of the foam-making process.

Then it was on to the cutting and contouring area where the foam blocks are made into several products like pillows and beds and then to the packaging area, ready for delivery.

The Muntinlupa factory is one of the company’s 12 factories and the third biggest under the RGC Group of Companies umbrella. It opened back in 1989 with a total area of 10,000 square meters and 20 years later, the complex now measures 60,000 square meters. It is one of the company’s four foaming factories and boasts of state-of-the-art equipment that would give major foaming companies in Europe and in Japan a run for their money.

According to Christiane Marie Cheng-Medina, Managing Director of Multiflex RNC Philippines, Inc., it delights them that the company’s factories elicit favorable comments from visitors, especially foreigners, who find their factories to be world class. “It has been the trademark of the RGC Group to adapt to world-class standards in terms of equipment and research. But we don’t do it just for the sake of being called high-tech or world class. We do it because we know the benefits that go back to customers in terms of quality and best prices,” she emphasized.