IW Women’s SME’s – Prime Innov8

August 15, 2022

Rizal, Philippines. 15 August 2022. Investing in Women with the Foundation for a Sustainable Society, Inc (FSSI), supported Prime Innov8 in expanding its business operations to cater to growing demand for cleaning products as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Based in Rizal, Philippines, Prime Innov8 produces various high-quality industrial cleaning, disinfecting and conditioning laundry products that cater to hospitals, factories, commissaries, slaughterhouses, hotels, schools, resorts, restaurants and residential customers. Since 2013, this female-led company has developed green products to promote environmental care and lessen chemicals used in its production. In partnership with the Government of the Philippines, Prime Innov8 acquires raw materials in bulk to manufacture relevant essential products used against the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Its clients also includes various for various government agencies.

In this photo: Prime Innov8 is a family-run company owned by Mrs. Ma. Cecilia Pajel and Mr. Sadiri Pajel. Mrs. Cecilia is the woman behind Prime Innov8. She is the quality analyst and the head chemist of the company. Her husband, Mr. Sadiri, is the maintenance head. Behind them is their humble facility, where Prime Innov8’s main line of industrial and household products are produced, such as such as liquid soaps, fabric conditioners, and shampoo.

In this photo: The first floor of the Prime Innov8 facility. On the left are drums and sacks of raw materials where the weighing of chemical components usually happens. The middle section is the busiest; it is where the mixing, filling, and packaging for large orders happen simultaneously. Each large container on the far end contains different liquid products. This view is where Mr. Sadiri usually oversees the production—a great vantage point for monitoring and evaluation.

In this photo: Ms. Cecilia Pajel, brains behind Prime Innov8 and the head chemist, checks paper works daily in her office. She calculates volume measurements of the raw ingredients depending on the requirements of the orders.

In this photo: Mr. Sadiri Pajel, the maintenance head of the company, is at his usual post monitoring the production. He films it on his cellphone.

In this photo: The whole team of Prime Innov8. Shot at their filling and packaging station, this fast-growing company is family-run, with eighteen employees in total including the management team. The company boasts of high efficiency despite its humble facility, great client relationships, and great quality of products.

In this photo: (3&4) Two workers pour in methanol from a drum and measure the weight according to the volume of the batch order; (5) Measured also here is salt, one of the components in creating liquid soap.

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In this photo: L-R: (1) A worker pours in fragrance and measures using a desk weighing scale for small orders; (2&3) Pertinent also in soap making is colored powder.

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In this photo: (1) While a machine mixes the ingredients in the large container of liquid dishwashing soap, the worker stirs the solvent before his co-worker pours it into the mixture; (2&3) A close-up of the worker pouring the solvents for the liquid dishwashing soap. This creates thick bubbles so the mixture is kept idle afterward to give enough time for the bubbles to subside before filling in bottles and gallon containers.

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In this photo: L-R: (1&2) Workers use the machine procured from the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) which could fill up four bottles of liquid dishwashing soap at the same time; (3) A closeup of the machine from DOST as it fills up four bottles of liquid dishwashing soap; (4&5) Aside from the automatic filling, manual filling is being done as well. Here, a worker fills a bucket of liquid dishwashing soap to be transferred to a drum connected to the machine for automatic filling; (6) Workers manually fill a gallon of containers for small bulks of orders.

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In this photo: L-R: (1&2) A worker puts sticker labels on bottles before filling them with liquid soap for one of their big clients; (3) Two workers simultaneously fill liquid soap up to the brim and put bottle caps right after before housing them in boxes; (4) A worker packs boxes of orders of liquid dishwashing soap for one of their major clients to be readied for delivery.

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In this photo: Annie Guiang, the head of quality control, checks on-site the pH scale of liquid soap from the large container behind them. The pH is among the indicators being inspected for good quality. Other values to be inspected include viscosity, fragrance, and color of the product. The pH can also be checked inside the laboratory.

In this photo: (1&2) Annie Guiang, the head of quality control, checks the color of the solution and compares it to the standard sample. All values are then logged into her computer.

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In this photo: Shown here is the hydrometer being submerged in the sample. It is used to measure the density of the liquid. A high density means the correct viscosity can be achieved.

In this photo: Everyday, a worker organizes boxes of orders for delivery.

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