PH secures historic win with 6 medals at Toyota Asia Pacific Skills Contest

MANILA: Filipino delegates from Toyota Motor Philippines Corporation took home six medals across all categories in the Toyota 2026 Asia Pacific Skills Contest (ASPAC)—securing a landmark win for the country.

With such a feat, the Japanese automaker's local arm emerged as one of the competition's strongest performers among 11 affiliates across the region.

In a statement, the leading automotive distributor in the country noted that the achievement at the meet—held at the Toyota Motor Thailand’s Ban Pho Plant in Chachoengsao Province—marked TMP’s first complete podium sweep in all categories, with the addition of breakthrough medals in two contest categories.

Since it first joined the annual competition in 2006, TMP already Since 2006, TMP already brought home 14 medals—including its fourth gold last year.

Further, TMP mentioned that the combined feat of its skilled team members “cements the Philippines not just as the fourth-largest market of global Toyota in Asia, but also as a hub of top-notch manufacturing talent in the region.”

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The individuals who recently brought home awards after the competition were:

• Silver: Christian Cobilla (Painting-Team Leader) and Wilmer Penalla (Logistics-Team Member)
• Bronze: Noel Elpos (Logistics) Edwin Bocaya (Assembly), Loreto Muyna (Quality Control), and Ramel Sarmiento (Welding)

Organized by Toyota Motor Asia for Line Team Members and Leaders from its affiliates from Southeast Asia, Taiwan, Pakistan, and Indiam the ASPAC is designed to highlight technical mastery in shopfloor skills anchored on the Toyota Production System.

Further, the win extends TMP’s 38th anniversary celebration.

Notably, the firm already manufactured more than 1.2 million units, made possible by its Filipino workforce, which can now produce over 60,000 units per year of completely-knocked-down models namely the Vios, Innova, and Next Generation Tamaraw at its Santa Rosa facility in Laguna.

Following the start of operations of TMP’s in-house vehicle conversion facility, the company gained a new capability of converting the Next Generation Tamaraw into six body configurations. The investment continues to shape an industry where Filipino vehicle designers, engineers, parts suppliers, and body builders can upskill and manufacture vehicles essential to local development such as utility vans, ambulances, among others.

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