DKSH Philippines, a new name in market expansion services

MANILA, Philippines - DKSH Philippines, Inc., formerly Siber Hegner Philippines, is now the market expansion services company of the DKSH Group in the country. Edward Keller Philippines Inc., one of the three original founding companies of the DKSH Group, will focus on food manufacturing to maximize its potential as a manufacturing specialist company to grow its domestic and export markets. The introduction of DKSH Philippines, Inc., is expected to further strengthen DKSH ’s position to be the leading market expansion services provider in the Philippines.

For more than 100 years, DKSH has been helping companies grow their business in new and existing markets by providing them with all the essential services they need to achieve their expansion goals. DKSH brings products such as fast-moving consumer goods, luxury items, specialty chemicals, ingredients, and technology products to Asia, Europe, and the Americas, where it markets, sells and distributes them.

Dr. Joerg Wolle, president and CEO, DKSH Holding Ltd., said, “Over the past few years, we have completely reshaped the conventional model of traditional trading companies to ensure that we remain an ever more valuable strategic partner for our business associates. The name DKSH reflects our new positioning of being the world’s No. 1 in market expansion services with a focus on Asia, a distinctive new category of industry that was created by DKSH. DKSH Philippines will contribute to the ongoing establishment of a unified, global DKSH brand. The DKSH brand implies that the individual country operations such as the Philippines are able to leverage the global synergies available within the DKSH Group to constantly develop and improve their own service portfolios, thereby ultimately offering greater opportunities and value to our business partners.”

The DKSH Group is one of Switzerland’s top 20 companies, reporting annual gross revenues of P375 billion (or CHF 8.6 billion), with an established presence in 560 business locations in 35 countries across Asia Pacific, Europe, and the Americas, employing 21,000 specialized staff, 250 of whom are working in the Philippines. The company offers a comprehensive package of services along the entire value chain: from sourcing, research and analysis, product formulation and application, marketing and sales, warehousing and logistics, to after-sales services. DKSH provides partners with sound expertise, on-the-ground logistics, and tailor-made services based on a comprehensive network of unique size and depth. It expands its business partners’ access to knowledge, their sourcing base, their revenue opportunities, and their market shares.

Since its establishment in the Philippines, it leads in providing market expansion services for four business lines representing the application industries it serves: food and beverage, personal care and cosmetics, pharmaceutical formulations, and specialty chemical industries, drawing experience and expertise from a rich and successful history since 1868. Although it is a Swiss company, DKSH is deeply rooted in the community in Asia, because it is able to draw from that long tradition of doing business in and with the region. The Philippines is one of the birthplaces of DKSH, with over 140 years of local and international business experience. The Philippines has been one of the fastest-growing operations in the Group over the past three years. DKSH Philippines provides a truly full-service capability with access to a global sourcing network and technical support for the pharmaceutical formulation and specialty chemical industries, as well as expertise in formulation and product application for the food and beverage and for the personal care and household industries. It takes pride in having an extensive and secured data bank with more than 6,000 formulations.

“We have in place a full business unit infrastructure and organization that enable our business partners to drive growth through innovation and improve their efficiencies as their outsourcing partner. With our industry specialists supported by expert technical partners, we can turn insights into commercially successful products that become industry standards. We value the trust of our partners and show this by going beyond the ordinary, and never without a solution to offer. We operate as a member of their team,” says Patrocinia Cortez, president of DKSH Philippines Inc.

As part of an organization with an extensive global industry network, DKSH Philippines Inc. is constantly looking for new technologies, ingredients and materials to help its customers extend and innovate their product portfolio through its application centers and technical specialists with the know-how, entrepreneurial mindset, and can-do attitude needed to deliver fast, reliable, and customized solutions for the varying needs of its business partners. DKSH Philippines Inc. provides market expansion services with the energy and stamina of a youthful organization and the passion and entrepreneurial spirit of its founders. Through the name change, DKSH Philippines will be able to add the strength of a global brand to enhance the wealth of experience and outstanding reputation it has built up over more than a century to the advantage of its clients and customers.