A bridge between Pacific Rim brands and Canadian consumers

Pacific Rim Enterprises Inc. is a Toronto-based market-entry and brand-building partner. Starting with the Philippines, we help brands from across the Asia-Pacific region enter and grow in the Canadian market.

Products from Philippine brands, Katinko among them, on display at the DTI SME Showroom in Toronto
Pacific Rim brands
Crowds at a Filipino community festival at Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto, with the Katinko tent on the right
Canadian consumers

Practical, founder‑led, and on the ground in Canada

Katinko ointment, oil liniment and gift boxes on display in front of a Katinko banner
Katinko’s ointment, oil liniment and gift boxes on display.

Pacific Rim began with a gap. Some trusted brands from the Philippines and across the Pacific Rim are still difficult to find in Canada. Others are already here, but many consumers have yet to discover them. We help brands bridge both gaps — entering the market, building awareness, and expanding their reach.

We work in a practical, founder-led way, supported by a Canadian network of licensed partners, service providers and community connections. Katinko Canada is the first brand to travel the whole route with us, from market entry to building awareness, so we can describe each step from experience rather than promise it.

If you represent an established brand that belongs in Canada, we’d like to hear from you.

We open doors. We build pathways. We grow brands.

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Built to bring trusted brands to Canada

Our mission is to make trusted brands from the Pacific Rim easier to find in Canada — starting with the products Filipino-Canadian and Asian-Canadian communities already know — while strengthening trade ties between Canada and the Pacific Rim.

Pacific Rim works as a brand’s extension office in Canada: one Canadian team that coordinates compliance, importation, distribution, marketing and e-commerce with licensed partners and service providers, so an established brand can enter the market and grow here.

Head office
Toronto, Ontario
Established
2023
Focus
Brands from the Pacific Rim, starting with the Philippines
First brand in market
Katinko Canada, launched in Toronto on December 18, 2025

The people behind Pacific Rim

Pacific Rim is founder-led and based in Toronto.

  • Portrait of Efren Antimano Jr.

    Efren Antimano Jr.

    CEO/Founder, Sales & Business Development

  • Portrait of Elma Antimano

    Elma Antimano

    Co-founder, Marketing & Finance

From a first conversation
to execution

Four practical steps into the Canadian market.

  1. A conversation

    Tell us about the brand, the category and where you are today. No formal pitch needed.

  2. A market read

    We look at the Canadian requirements, the likely channels and the competition, and give you an honest view of the opportunity.

  3. A plan

    Together we agree the route: compliance steps, partners, channels, timing and budget.

  4. Execution

    We coordinate the launch and the work that follows — first shipments, first shelves, first community events — and report back as we go.

Let’s bring your brand to Canada

Brand owners and manufacturers

From the Philippines or elsewhere in the Pacific Rim, and exploring Canada? Tell us about your brand and your goals.

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Distributors and retailers

Interested in carrying or stocking brands from the Pacific Rim? Tell us about your channels and your customers.

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