World-Class Metal Arts Since 1953
Who We Are
For more than half a century, Suarez Brothers has made its indelible mark in the industry — as the most trusted name in metal arts. Through the years, Suarez Brothers’ wide range of quality, hand-crafted metal products have become a symbol of achievement and excellence for prestigious academic institutions, companies and organizations around the worl
d. Our History
Suarez Brothers was founded in 1953. Long before the company became one of the leaders in metal arts, its humble beginnings started with founder Apolinar M. Suarez who came from a family of farmers in Pulilan, Bulacan. He moved to Manila to seek a better life in the big city, working in a tailor shop that specialized in military uniforms. He noticed that the shop required large orders of belt buckles and realized the business potential of manufacturing such products. After two years of apprenticeship and acquiring marketing skills, Apolinar moved to Cebu and set up a modest metal arts shop in Burgos Street, Cebu City named Suarez Brothers as he sent for his brother from Manila to help in running the business. It was Apolinar who built the company from the ground up, personally taking charge of day-to-day opera-tions from taking orders, metal stamping to casting the rings. In 1965, he entered a bid to produce the Christianization Quadricentennial Commemorative Gold Medallion during the Fourth Centennial Celebration of the Christianization of the Philippines. He bested other metal arts manufacturers by offering customized medallions. This was the compa-ny’s stepping stone towards building a solid name in the industry. Ingenuity, creativity and hard work were the main factors that propelled the company, which diversified into several product categories. Soon, Suarez Brothers catered not only to schools and universities but also to several large companies for their anniversary or inaugural tokens and souvenirs, dry seals and brass signages and, significantly, the Armed Forces of the Philippines for their insignias and other regalia. It was Suarez Brothers’ mark of distinction of fine craftsmanship through the decades that paved the way for the company to enter the global market. Today, Suarez Brothers has a force of more than 100 highly skilled workers, spread across 12 branches all over the Philippines. An overseas branch in Guam covers its operations in the Pacific region, in-cluding Hawaii. The company still continues to grow in order to cater to clients across the archipelago and all over the Asia-Pacific Region – including the USA, Japan and Cana-da – to as far away as United Kingdom and the Middle East. Suarez Brothers envisions to be a leader in metal stamping and metal casting not only in the Philippines but across the world offering metal arts products that will give customers an incomparable sense of pride and distinction. Moving Forward
Guided by the company’s longstanding heritage and expertise, Suarez Brothers is ready for the next chapter of their business. Founder and CEO Apolinar Suarez has entrusted the business to the new generation to continue the company’s legacy and pioneering spirit. He has handed over the reins to his very capable children who have also estab-lished businesses for themselves. Adoracion “Rose” Suarez Leaño, Vice President for Administration and Finance, is the longest serving officer of Suarez Brothers among the second generation. She has been the lone sibling who has been of assistance to Apolinar Sr. She rep-resents the company in the Cebu Chamber of Commerce and is an alumnus of the Uni-versity of San Carlos – Talamban. Apolinar Alan Suarez Jr, President and Operations Manager, runs his own company A. Suarez Sterling, which manufactures fine silver jewelry for export to Europe and Japan. An active officer of Philexport Cebu, Alan is an auxiliary member of the Philippine Coast Guard and an Industrial and Management graduate from Mapua University,
Alex Suarez, Vice President for Sales and Marketing, owns Suarez Metaplas Industries, producing plastics through blow and injection molding. The factory is located in Metro Manila and markets to the l**e oils, paint, chemicals, cosmetics and food industries. He has been a board director of a GOCC, Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation since 2012. Alex is also the president of AJS Cebu Development Corporation, a sister company that ventured into real estate. One of its projects is the recently launched Vista Suarez Resi-dences, a twin 32-storey condominium tower located at Gorordo corner Escario Streets. He is a Business Management graduate from the University of the Philippines Cebu. Suarez Brothers also maintains strong ties with its affiliate company, Suarez Wedding Rings, crafters of wedding, engagement and anniversary rings owned and managed by one of the siblings, Odysseus Suarez. As a result, Suarez Brothers gains the combined strengths of the innate entrepreneurial vigor that the company was built upon, together with present-day innovations, and a fresh management approach, allowing Suarez Brothers to face the challenges of the future and drive it to even greater levels of achievement.
