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Light is our language.
Akari – the Japanese word for light – has been part of Filipino homes for over two decades. From the light that welcomes you to the spaces where people work, build, gather, and grow, we create lighting, electrical, and energy solutions designed for everyday Filipino life.
Akari at a glance
Nationwide since 2004
More than light.
Today, Akari is a nationwide business supported by more than 1,000 employees and a distribution network that brings our products to major retailers and communities across the Philippines.
Our scale has changed over the years, but our focus remains practical: understand what Filipino consumers need, make good products accessible, and continue finding better ways to serve them.
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From Luzon to Visayas to Mindanao, we’re bringing better light closer to every Filipino.
Our Story
1966 · 2004 · NXLED
Our story started long before LED.
Before Akari became the name it is today, there was already a vision: to bring trusted products and technology closer to Filipino customers.
Our roots go back to 1966, when Carlson Trading began in Binondo, Manila. What started as a trading business grew through decades of experience, partnerships, and an understanding of the Filipino market.
In 2004, that journey took on a new name – Akari, the Japanese word for light.
And with that name came a bigger ambition.
To make quality lighting more accessible. To keep pace with changing technology. And to create products that respond to the way Filipinos live.
That ambition continued with the introduction of NXLED and has since grown beyond lighting into electrical, energy, and home solutions.
Nearly six decades after our story began, one thing hasn’t changed:
We keep looking for brighter ways forward.
And we’re far from finished.
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From one city to a nationwide presence. What started in Manila now reaches communities across the Philippines.
Nationwide
Every glowing point represents somewhere Akari reaches.
And every year, we aim to light even more.
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Luzon · Visayas · Mindanao
1,000+ retail locations nationwide
Lighting the Philippines
Akari products are available through more than 1,000 retail locations nationwide, bringing lighting and home solutions closer to Filipino consumers wherever they are.
Find Akari through major retail partners
and online, wherever you shop.
Ace · Handyman · CW · Wilcon · True Value · CitiHardware
Shopee · Lazada · GrabMart · Pick.A.Roo · Akari.store
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Built for the way Filipinos live
Technology changes.
So do homes and the people living in them.
Over the years, our portfolio has expanded from traditional lighting into LED technology, electrical products, energy solutions, solar lighting, and home technology.
Our growing solar range, for example, gives Filipino households practical options for outdoor lighting using energy collected from the sun.
Whatever category we enter, the thinking is the same: the product has to make sense for the people who will actually use it.
Explore what we sell →You’ll find Akari beyond the home.
What we stand forVision and mission
Our values
T — TogetherTEAM
Develop · Test
Source · Move
Market · Support
Sell · Display
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The people behind Akari
More than 1,000 people.
A product doesn’t simply arrive on a shelf.
Meet the People Behind the Light →
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There are people who develop it, source it, test it, market it, sell it, move it, deliver it, display it, and support the customers who use it.
Across our head office, warehouses, sales teams, retail locations, and field operations are more than 1,000 people working behind the Akari name. They have different roles, backgrounds, and stories — and they’re a big part of where Akari is today.
Where we’re going
We’re all light.
We’ve come a long way from our beginnings in Binondo. But we’re not interested in simply looking back.
There are more products to develop, more technologies to explore, more communities to reach, and more opportunities to create for the people who choose to build their careers with us.
Our history gives us experience. What we do next will define the company we’re becoming.
From Binondo to the whole country · We’re far from finished