Company:Philab Industries
 | |
| Template:Philippine Stock Exchange (from 2016–2025; as Philab Holdings) | |
| Industry |
|
| Founded | 1959 |
| Founder | Hector Navasero |
| Headquarters | Philippines |
Area served | Asia |
| Products |
|
| Services |
|
| Owner | Philab Holdings (since 2016) |
Philab Industries is a Philippine company which provides life science equipment.
History
Philab Industries was established in 1959 by agriculturist Hector Navasero.[1] It became known for being a laboratory designer and builder.[2]
In 1988, Philab partnered with the government to promote HIV testing using its provided test kits.[2]
Taking advantage of partnerships made early as the 1990s, Philab has been providing laboratory equipment sourced from China to schools across the Philippines.[2]
Philab established the Genomic Institute of Asia, a genome sequencing center.[3]
The founder's son Hector Thomas Navasero took over the company after the elder Navasero's death in 2013.[3]
Philab Industries got into the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) via backdoor listing.[4] It was technically acquired by Alterra Capital Partners in August 2016. Alterra, the shell company renamed itself as Philab Holdings Corp. after the acquisition.[5][6]
From June to October 2017, Darlene Berberabe briefly served as Philab chairperson after Hector Thomas Navasero resigned due to health reasons. He returned in October.[7]
Philab Holdings was delisted from the PSE in 2025.[6]
Services
Philab Industries is primarily known for building laboratories and is a supplier of equipment for laboratories including those owned by schools.[2][8][9] It has partnered with government agencies in the Philippines in the education and science fields.[3]
Philab also provides diagnostic and genome sequencing services. Its LabIT (Laboratory Instant Testing) which includes its at-home dengue test kit tool.[2]
The Genomic Institute of Asia, its genome sequencing center had successfully sequenced the genetic makeup of rice.[3]
Involvement in baseball
Philab, which had had its founder Hector Navasero as president of the Philippine Amateur Baseball Association, is known to have organized its own baseball team.[10] The multi-titled ballclub, is known to exist as early as the late-1980s and the 1990s.[11][12][13]
The team which was later known in the early 2010s by the moniker Ballbusters won the 2013 Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) Chairman's Cup and 2014 PSC Commissioner's Cup.[14]
Hector Navasero during his management of Philabs from the 1980s, have been also sponsoring the Philippines national baseball team program.[15]
References
- ↑ "Hector C. Navasero; 78" (in en). Philippine Daily Inquirer. 4 October 2013. https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/500325/hector-c-navasero-78.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Arceo-Dumlao, Tina (1 January 2017). "Philab poised for more breakthroughs" (in en). Philippine Daily Inquirer. https://business.inquirer.net/222326/philab-poised-breakthroughs.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Toldo, Mark Anthony (13 September 2015). "For Philab CEO, transparency is a must in business" (in en). Philippine Daily Inquirer. https://business.inquirer.net/199036/for-philab-ceo-transparency-is-a-must-in-business.
- ↑ Gonzales, Iris (22 December 2016). "Philab Industries moves closer to backdoor listing". The Philippine Star. https://www.philstar.com/business/2016/12/22/1655636/philab-industries-moves-closer-backdoor-listing.
- ↑ "Company Information". https://edge.pse.com.ph/companyInformation/form.do?cmpy_id=620.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Ochave, Revin Mikhael (12 June 2025). "PSE to involuntarily delist Philab Holdings on July 11". BusinessWorld. https://www.bworldonline.com/corporate/2025/06/13/678938/pse-to-involuntarily-delist-philab-holdings-on-july-11/.
- ↑ Nicolas, Jino (10 October 2017). "Navasero returns as Philab CEO, chairman". BusinessWorld. https://www.bworldonline.com/corporate/2017/10/11/60075/navasero-returns-philab-ceo-chairman/.
- ↑ "Philab acquires 60% of BetterHealth Philippines". The Philippine Star. 1 February 2016. https://www.philstar.com/business/2016/02/01/1548268/philab-acquires-60-betterhealth-philippines.
- ↑ "Philab partners with China to equip PH schools with Math and Science tools" (in en). Cebu Daily News. 20 October 2016. https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/109198/philab-partners-with-china-to-equip-ph-schools-with-math-and-science-tools.
- ↑ "Philab ballbusters join Philippine Sports Commission Chairman’s Cup" (in en). The Manila Times. 29 September 2013. https://www.manilatimes.net/2013/09/29/sports/philab-ballbusters-join-philippine-sports-commission-chairmans-cup/40635.
- ↑ "Los Banos vs. Philab tomorrow". Manila Standard. 17 April 1987. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zWwVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gwsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5793%2C5131595.
- ↑ Fiel, Corito (15 January 1988). "All in the family". Manila Standard: p. 12. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hZAtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UAsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4182%2C973421.
- ↑ "Nat'l Major League baseball on tomorrow; 10 teams listed". Manila Standard: p. 10. 27 February 1998. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Vh4iAAAAIBAJ&sjid=EwsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5022%2C3034661.
- ↑ Terrado, Reuben (13 April 2014). "Philab ballbusters beat Ateneo IX to rule PSC Commissioner's Cup" (in en). Sports Interactive Network Philippines. https://www.spin.ph/baseball/philab-ballbusters-beat-ateneo-ix-to-rule-psc-commissioners-cup.
- ↑ "Through the Lens . . . A Celebration of the Life of Hector C. Navasero". Baseball Federation of Japan. https://www.baseballjapan.org/system/prog/news.php?l=e&i=483.
 |  |
