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World Class Safety
Brands
Co Ban Kiat Hardware Inc., is the
authorized distributor of various
safety and security products in
the Philippines. In its pursuit of
distributing world-class safety
materials, it has partnered with
renowned brands such as Yale,
Dormakaba, Baldwin,
Chubbsafes, Stanley, Ridgid,
Lincoln, Pelican, etc. In its quest
to improve the safety standards
of the Philippine market, CBK
Hardware is continuously
bringing more high-quality yet
affordable brands and safety
products for residential,
commercial and industrial
applications.
How to Order
To order Yale Digital Door Locks,
Baldwin Evolve, Dormakaba
Door Closer and Chubbsafes
Safety Vaults, visit https://www.
cbkhardware.com/
Co Ban Kiat Hardware, Inc.
Ground Floor Cobankiat
Building II 231 Juan Luna St.
Binondo Manila, Philippines.
Phone +632 2476557
Phone +632 2432734
Coby’s Designer Center
Unit 467 level 4 Shangri-La Plaza
Edsa Corner Shaw Boulevard
Mandaluyong City, Philippines
Phone +632 6364895
Phone +632 6364896
About CBK
Hardware
For almost a hundred years, a
family’s surname has become
synonymous to the country’s
biggest hardware supply
company. Co Ban Kiat Hardware
Incorporated, of the
Cobankiat family has a
regular client network of more
than 1,500 industrial
organizations; 1,600
traditional community hardware
stores, and 584 home building
specialty chain of stores across
Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.
This ever growing conglomerate
traces its humble roots to Manila
Chinatown, as a pioneer
enterprise started by family’s
patriarch, Mr. Cobankiat in 1920.
Despite the ruins of World War
II, the business goes back to its
feet in 1948, rebuilding a
storefront from the very same
spot where it was known for
three decades.
This ever growing conglomerate
traces its humble roots to Manila
Chinatown, as a pioneer
enterprise started by family’s
patriarch, Mr. Cobankiat in 1920.
Despite the ruins of World War
II, the business goes back to its
feet in 1948, rebuilding a
storefront from the very same
spot where it was known for
three decades.
While the Filipinos continue to
rebuild their lives post war, CBK
Hardware sees the opportunity to
introduce the retail concept once
unheard for in hardware
industry. The Hardware
Workshop Store is the fruit if this
endeavor. CBK Hardware further
cemented its legendary
distribution channel with the
creation of Coby’ Design Center
in Edsa Shangi La in 1996, a specialty
store that caters to
discriminating taste of modern
Filipinos.
In 1997, Mr. Johnny Cobankiat,
the 4th generation Cobankiat
leader, set another milestone for
the company when he brings a
franchise of Ace Hardware USA
to the Philippines, and signs
up CBK Hardware as one of its
major suppliers. This further
expanded into delivering
quality world class products
nearer to families of Filipino
overseas workers in the
countryside.
A century’s excellence can
quickly pass, and guided by the
vision to be the largest network
supplier of the biggest global
brands in the hardware industry,
CBK Hardware resolve to source
the best products to supply its
customers anytime and every
time.
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