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Born in the Philippines and raised in the US, Dwight Tobiano studied Economics and holds a BA from the University of Irvine, BA, and an MBA from University of Western Australia. Since finishing his studies, and for nearly 25 years he has been managing his family business with Dai-ichi Electronics Mfg. Corp., gaining significant experience in the audio industry, product management and manufacturing operations. He travels regularly between his home base in California, the Philippines, and China, where Dai-ichi operates, apart from visiting clients in Europe and all over the world. Dwight is currently leading the next stage of growth for Dai-ichi Electronics, with a core focus on the loudspeaker industry and key core competencies that are highly valued and thought after in the industry.

 

For over 50 years in business, Dai-ichi Electronics is a leading name in audio manufacturing globally, with five factories in the Philippines, a massive factory in Shanghai, China, and since 2016, also a high-quality speaker assembly operation in California, following the acquisition of Radian Audio Engineering. With its roots and manufacturing expertise deeply connected with leading Japanese brands, Dai-ichi quickly evolved to become the secret manufacturing base for many leading Asian, Japanese, America and even European brands. Many of Dai-ichi’s clients appreciated the favorable economic conditions in the region, easy access to international hubs, but above all, the deep expertise in loudspeaker manufacturing, with complete product engineering skills in some of the most sophisticated and competitive categories. While many Asian manufacturing operations compete based on lower price, Dai-ichi proudly followed the hardest path of quality, consistency and added value with ISO 9001/TUV-Rheinland (TUV) certified operations. Today, the company supplies a vast range of speakers and speaker systems in the Philippines and neighboring countries under the Dai-ichi brand and other registered trademarks, while offering full OEM/ODM services to the rest of the world. Its management, valued in-house engineers, and production experts are highly recognized by its clients, awarding Dai-ichi its unique reputation as one of Asia’s most innovative households names for speakers in the Philippines, equipped with complete state of the art production lines, metal tooling, plastic injection, rotomolding, automated powder coating, automated electroplating, CNC, wire cut and lathe machines for precision tooling, handcrafted wooden cabinets, and other related processes. Over decades, Dai-ichi earned the trust of clients such as Sharp, Sony, Panasonic, Samsung, Klipsch, KEF, Celestion, Peavey, OPPO and countless others. And anyone entering a movie theater either in the US or China will most likely be listening to cinema speakers manufactured in the Philippines for any of the leading names in the field.