WHO WE ARE

Hiyas Press, Inc. is one printer that keeps up with the times. It has stayed on and survived, beating the odds against it, that is, the country's economic turmoils as well as the printing industry's continuing struggles.

Hiyas Press, Inc. is a family-owned and –managed printing enterprise. Its roots stretch back to 1936 when it was founded by Luis R. Abiva, Sr., who, with the help of his wife Asuncion, started with only one machine in an inconspicuous corner of Quiapo, Manila. Then known as Abiva Press, the business thrived and did well. However, when Luis R. Abiva, Sr. died in 1942, Mrs. Asuncion Q. Abiva decided to sell the printing machinery and then ventured into textbook publishing. Thus, the birth of Abiva Publishing House, Inc. (APHI)—one of the pioneers in book publishing that has also successfully weathered the storms that had beset the field of publishing. Today, APHI stands as one of the leaders in educational publishing.