Philippine Metrology, Standards, Testing, and Quality, Incorporated (PhilMSTQ) is a non-profit non-stock association that has been registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission since 2006.
The PhilMSTQ is composed of individuals and institutions (private and government) that banded together to address the country’s need for a robust, unified and sustainable MSTQ infrastructure. MSTQ stands for Metrology, Standards, Testing, and Quality (Certification and Accreditation) which is essential for health and safety assurance, manufacture of globally competitive products, fair trade, consumer and environment protection, and research and development.The organization had its origin from the group that attended the initial consultative meeting called by the Bureau of Product Standards together with the ITDI and consultants from the PTB Germany Technical Cooperation held in September of 2004.
Our Two Pronged Vision
1. A robust, unified and sustainable National Quality Infrastructure (NQI) in the Philippines that ensures the following:
- Global competitiveness of Philippine products and services
- Local consumer health and environment protection
- Better quality of life for Filipinos in the new globalized world
2. An enlightened citizenry that participates in the creation of NQI and proactively encourages stakeholders to do their part in sustaining the NQI.
Our Mission
To advocate the establishment, strengthening and sustainability of a responsive, responsible and functional NQI in the Philippines.
To help remove technical barriers for Philippine products for international trade and enhance health protection and environmental sustainability.
To catalyze the creation of a coherent and sustainable NQI in the Philippines that is responsive to the needs of Filipino consumers and industries.
Our Guiding Principles
Our members are professionals from various the academe and public/private institutions who are united by the following principles.
Quality Matters
- Making quality consciousness a way of life for all Filipinos will result in products and services that meet and even surpass standards, i.e. excellent products and services.
- A national quality policy will ensure products and services produced in the Philippines are free from defects and meet standards that satisfy specific customer or user requirements.
- Such policy will promote better quality of life for citizens, protect consumers and the environment, and make products and services more competitive.
A National Quality Infrastructure (NQI) is the backbone of a more competitive nation
NQI is “the totality of the institutional framework (whether public or private) in a country that is put in place to formulate, issue, and implement standards and the associated evidence of compliance (i.e., the relevant mix of inspection, testing, certification, metrology, and accreditation) in order to improve the suitability of products, processes, and services for their intended purposes; prevent barriers to trade; and facilitate technological cooperation.”
(Source: Designing and Implementing Trade Facilitation in Asia and the Pacific)
No sector or government agency can singlehandedly build a functional NQI
Many hands make light work. Consumers and concerned citizens, the public and private sectors, the academe, and law and policy makers all have a role to play in creating a robust NQI.
Board of Trustees
Cirilia “Shirley” Botor is an expert on Standards and Conformance. She is a former Assistant Director of the Bureau of Product Standards (BPS) and the Philippine Accreditation Bureau (PAB) of the Department of Trade and Industries (DTI).
Nuna E. Almanzor, A professional Chemical Engineer , a Ph.D In Business Management, Work for the Department of Science and Technoogy for 42 years and retired as the 1st Lady Director of the Industrial Technology Development Institute/DOST.
Ma. Jeannie C. Mandap is a Chemical Engineer by profession. She works as Laboratory Manager in Accurate and Precise Inspection and Testing Laboratory, Inc. She is also a Technical Committee member to BPS / TC28 for Glass and Glass Products.
Vilma Cembrano is the Former Head, Environment Management Department, Maynilad Water Services, Inc.
Leticia Pangilinan is a Supervising Science Research Specialist in Department of Energy.
Mary Ann Hipolito is a Chemical Engineer by profession, who was a former Commissary Director at Philippine FoodAsia Corp. Presently, she is the Commissary Head of Midwest Food Industries, Inc., the maker of Lots’a Pizza, a 31-year old Filipino pizza brand.
Angelica Hallarces is a former Quality Manager of San Miguel Corporation and a Laboratory Manager of Cement Testing Center. She is an independent consultant for ISO/IEC 17025 and has been a Technical Expert in Chemical Testing and an Assessor/ Team Leader in audits of Chemical, Calibration, and Biological Laboratories since 2008.
As industry representative, Vincent Castillo, III is the former Operations Manager of the Cement Manufacturer’s Association of the Philippines (CeMAP). He interacted extensively with the members of the Federation of Philippines Industries, especially with the steel, paper, plastic, glass and ceramic tiles industry associations. He also worked with the National Steel Corporation (NSC).
Jennifer Espanto is a licensed chemist, quality consultant and PhilMSTQ’s lead trainer in promoting the National Quality Infrastructure. She was assigned to establish the PhilMSTQ NQI Academy. She is an expert in management systems (i.e. quality, environment, occupational health and safety and laboratory), process improvement and quality initiatives. She currently works as a Technical Manager at Chemdis Manufacturing Corporation and as a Quality System Advisor at Inca Philippines Incorporated. She is also affiliated with the Integrated Chemist of the Philippines, Toastmasters International - District 75 (Philippines) and Rapido Realismo Kali.
Dr. Miflora Minoza-Gatchalian, CEO of Quality Partners Company, Ltd earned her Doctorate’s degree from the University of Tokyo in Japan, Master of Arts in Statistics and BS Food Technology from U.P. Her graduate Diploma in Industrial Quality Control was obtained with distinction, from Bowcentrum International Education in the Netherlands. After her stint with Industry, she joined the U.P. Faculty from which she retired as full professor. Her work generally focuses on statistical measurements in the pursuit of continual improvement . Among the books she wrote, “Sensory Quality Measurement: Statistical Analysis of Human Responses” is most utilized in the Philippines
Former Chief of Standards and Testing Division (STD) under the Industrial Technology Development Institute (ITDI-DOST). As an ISO 17025 accredited laboratory she also acted as the Quality Manager to ensure that the division complies and maintains the ISO 17025 requirements. She started the Metrology in Chemistry (Mic) works at ITDI to assist testing laboratories to have reliable and comparable test results. Prior to her stint at STD she is a researcher on energy efficiency projects.
A former Product Standards researcher at the then Bureau of Product Standards-Department of Trade and Industry in 1989, rising from the ranks to become Division Chief in 1998.
Joined Societe General de Surveillance (SGS) Philippine Office in 2007 as Certification Center Manager, in charge of the SGS Certification Office.
Emmie Reyes is a result-oriented, diversified experience across multiple roles in Quality Management, reviewing policies and guidelines, preparing plans, ISO documentation, monitoring, evaluation, and progressive vision in managing ISO management and innovative thinker with good communication, excellent interpersonal, and management skills.
HELEN P. SUBRADIL - Management System Consultant, Resource Speaker and Trainor Product Auditor for BPS Product Certification Scheme (local and international audits) EHS Auditor for Equator Principles and IFC Performance Standard on Environmental and Social Sustainability Environmental, Health and Safety Compliance Auditor
Dr. Charita S. Kwan is a Scientist I of the UP Diliman Natural Sciences Research Institute as conferred by the CSC-DOST Scientific Career Council. She specializes in analytical and environmental chemistry particularly on trace measurement, distribution and fate of persistent organic micropollutants, endocrine disrupting compounds and trace metals in the environment. As head of the UP NSRI Research and Analytical Services Laboratory, she has extensive experience on chemical laboratory management including chemical safety and waste management in an academic setting. She shares these experiences as lecturer in various training programs offered by their institute. She is both a registered chemical engineer and a registered chemist.
Linkages
Development Cooperation
PhilMSTQ receives funding from Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), the national metrology institute of Germany. PTB extends technical cooperation to developing countries, such as the Philippines, to provide an enabling environment for their national quality infrastructure systems to adapt to international agreements.
Goverment Agencies
Bureau of Product Standards (BPS)
The BPS is the National Standards Body of the Philippines established by Republic Act (RA) 4109, otherwise known as the Philippine Standardization Law and Executive Order (EO) 133.
As the National Standards Body, the BPS is mandated to develop, implement and coordinate standardization activities in the Philippines. It is primarily involved in standards development, product certification and standards implementation/promotion to raise the quality and global competitiveness of Philippine products at the same time to protect the interests of consumers and businesses.
National Metrology Laboratory of the Philippines (NML-Phil)
The National Metrology Laboratory (NML) is the national metrology institute of the Philippines tasked by law to be responsible for establishing and maintaining the national measurement standards for physical quantities such as mass, temperature, pressure, voltage, resistance, luminous intensity and time interval and their dissemination to Filipino users.
Philippine Accreditation Bureau (PAB)
The Philippine Accreditation Bureau is a separate body from the Bureau of Product Standards (BPS) mandated to handle the accreditation of certification bodies, inspection bodies, testing, and calibration laboratories in the country.