Eyeing to be Globally Competitive, A CONCISE HISTORY OF TAMIOARTCRAFTS Most people are retired at age of 60. It was at that agethat Simeon Zalamea chose to begin a business with the familycircle and it was incorporated on April 1987. He used to be calledPAPANG by his family, whereas most of his friends called him TAMIOas his nickname. During that time, with the help of his son, AlexZalamea had come on board and was designated as the President. TheCompany, Tamio Artcrafts has blossomed into a major exporter withcustomers across America, Asia, Middle East and in some parts ofEurope. It is purely a family-owned exporter corporation, asconcentrated in the marketing and distribution of handicraftproducts specializing in basketwork, wicker furniture, knockdownbookcases and other Housewares made of different materials such asBuri, Rattan, Wicker, Bamboo, Coco midrib, Brown and Black vines,Brown and Black wood, Tistis, Dayami, Paper mache, Pine cone and alot more. To complement existing handicraft products in the market,TAMIO does not stop in making new designs where finished productsare sampled abroad. This practice in effect puts TAMIO always inthe front line in this Filipino ingenuity undertaking. To this day,TAMIO continues to be the major exporter of its various specializedand fine quality finished products in some parts of America, Asiaand Europe.
