Welders Testing Laboratories (Philippines), Inc. - Makati City

At the helm of WTL is its founder Artemio "Bobby" Torres, Jr., a B.S. Civil Engineering graduate from the Mapua Institute of Technology and the first Filipino Certified Welding Inspector (CWI) of the American Welding Society. He is also a founding member of the Philippine Welding Society. Mr. Artemio typifies the hands-on executive who has risen from the ranks and became Plant Operations Group Manager at the Engineering Equipment Inc. in 1979 and then QC/QA Manager at the Al Mojil Establishment in Saudi Arabia. In 1980, he incorporated Traders Industrial Supply Co. (TRISCO)and at the same time became VP and consultant for Steelweld Corporation of the Philippines.