Prisma Electrical Controls Corporation

What Prisma Electrical Controls Corporation does

Prisma Electrical Controls Corporation, founded in 1994 and headquartered in Sta. Cruz, Manila, Philippines, is a multi-brand electrical components distributor serving commercial, residential, and light industrial construction projects in the Philippine market. The company operates as an authorized distributor for three primary international brands, namely ABB (Swiss power distribution and motor control equipment), Kumwell (Thai grounding and lightning protection systems), and McGill (electrical installation components), supplemented by seven secondary brand partnerships covering surge protection, cabling, and industrial control products. Its product portfolio spans the full electrical system lifecycle, including circuit breakers, contactors, soft starters, motor protection devices, power meters, conduits, cable glands, terminal lugs, electrical boxes, weatherproof enclosures, exothermic welding systems, and lightning protection components.

Name

Prisma Electrical Controls Corporation

Legal name

Prisma Electrical Controls Corporation

Website

https://prismaelectrical.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Prisma Electrical Controls Corporation is a Philippines-based multi-brand electrical components distributor, established in 1994, distributing ABB, Kumwell, and McGill products to commercial, residential, and industrial contractors through retail, project, dealer, and e-commerce channels.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Electrical Components Distribution

NAICS

Switchgear and Switchboard Apparatus Manufacturing (335313), Relay and Industrial Control Manufacturing (335314), Current-Carrying Wiring Device Manufacturing (335931)

SIC

Electrical Industrial Apparatus (3620), Switchgear & Switchboard Apparatus (3613), Electronic Connectors (3678)

akta.pro primary industry

Transmission & Distribution Line Equipment (Bushings, Insulators, Arresters, Conductors, Hardware) (IMAGAAAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Wiring Devices & Receptacles (switches, sockets, plugs, industrial outlets, pin & sleeve) (IMAGAEAF), Cables, Connectors & Electrical BOS Components Manufacturing (MV/HV, Subsea, Harnesses) (EUAMAHAK), Electrical Contracting & Wiring (IMAFALAA)

Keywords

• Electrical components distribution
• Circuit protection products
• Grounding lightning protection
• Motor control equipment
• Industrial electrical supplies

Headquarters

HQ city

Sta Cruz

HQ country

Philippines

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Electrical Products Distribution: Distributes electrical equipment including conduits, circuit protection, cable management, grounding systems, and professional tools from branded manufacturers. Revenue generated through product sales to contractors, engineers, and project developers.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Prisma Electrical Controls Corporation distributes electrical equipment, components, and safety solutions — including conduits and fittings, distribution equipment, cable management systems, circuit protection, motor controls, industrial plugs and sockets, lightning and grounding protection, and professional tools — sourced from international brands such as ABB, Kumwell, McGill, Citel, GEWISS, Helukabel, IDEC, Pennunion, SEC Cable, and ThiPha Cable, supplied to electrical contractors, engineers, designers, and consultants for commercial, residential, and light industrial projects in the Philippines.

Product overview

Prisma Electrical Controls Corporation is an electrical components distributor established in 1994, serving commercial, residential, and industrial projects in the Philippines. The company operates as a multi-brand distributor offering a comprehensive portfolio of electrical installation, protection, and control products organized across three main distributed brands. The core product ecosystem centers on ABB power and motor control products (circuit breakers, contactors, soft starters, motor protection, power meters, and lightning protection via OPR), Kumwell grounding and lightning protection systems (exothermic welding, ground rods, stations, inspection pits, and accessories), and McGill installation components (weatherproof enclosures, cable glands, flexible conduits, terminal lugs, electrical boxes, and cable management). The company functions as a distribution channel rather than a product manufacturer, providing technical expertise and access to these complementary product families that together address complete electrical system requirements from power distribution and motor control through to grounding, lightning protection, and final installation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• ABB Miniature Circuit Breakers (MCB) Miniature circuit breakers providing overload and short-circuit protection for residential, commercial, and industrial installations with thermal and magnetic tripping mechanisms.
• ABB S200 Series MCB S200 range miniature circuit breakers protecting installations from overloads and short circuits with configurations from 2A-100A in 1P, 2P, 3P options, compliant with IEC 60898.
• ABB Sace Formula Molded Case Circuit Breakers Molded case circuit breakers from 15A to 1600A offering fixed thermomagnetic and electronic trip unit protection for power distribution systems, compliant with IEC 60947-2.
• ABB Tmax XT Molded Case Circuit Breakers Moulded case circuit breakers in seven sizes with protection features up to 1600A, designed for ease of use, integration, and connectivity.
• ABB Air Circuit Breaker (ACB) High-capacity air circuit breakers rated 800A to 6300A with advanced grid management functions including Load Shedding, Power Controller, ATS, and embedded Bluetooth Low Energy for remote smartphone connection.
• ABB RCBO / RCBO DS201 Residual Current Breakers Residual Current Breaker with Overload combining leakage current protection with overcurrent protection in a single compact device for single-phase circuit protection, compliant with IEC/EN 61009.
• ABB AF Contactors AF contactor technology with electronic coil for worldwide use, available in ranges from 9A to 370A with screw, push-in spring, and ring tongue terminal options, compliant with IEC 60947-4-1.
• ABB PSTX Soft Starter Advanced motor soft starter with complete motor protection, PT-100 and earth fault protection, built-in Modbus RTU, and optional Anybus module supporting all major industrial communication protocols including Profibus, Profinet, EtherCAT, BACnet, and DeviceNet.
• ABB Manual Motor Starters Manual motor starters providing fuseless protection against short-circuit, overload, and phase failures with quick reaction switching for motor protection.
• ABB Thermal Overload Relays Electromechanical motor protection devices with trip class 10/10A, adjustable current settings, temperature compensation up to +70°C, and finger-safe housing (IP20).
• ABB M1M Series Power Meter Power meter with THD and import/export measurement for power factor management and local energy generation monitoring, supporting Modbus TCP/IP connectivity for network integration.
• ABB OPR Early Streamer Emission Lightning Protection Early Streamer Emission (ESE) air terminals providing lightning protection for industrial sites, buildings, monuments, and open-air sites with tested protective distances.
• Kumwell Exothermic Welding System Complete exothermic welding system including graphite moulds, weld metal powder tested to UL 467 and IEC standards, and necessary tools for permanent electrical connections in grounding applications.
• Kumwell Grounding Protection System Complete grounding system components including copper bonded ground rods (threaded and unthreaded, 5/8" and 3/4" diameters, 10ft lengths), couplings, driving heads, test boxes, ground stations, inspection pits, and cable clamps.
• Kumwell Lightning Protection System Lightning protection components including air terminals (tapered and multi-point configurations), saddles, cable connectors, strike counters, and accessories meeting IEC/EN 62561-6 standards.
• Kumwell More Effective Grounding (MEG) Material Ground enhancement material with resistivity of 0.03 ohm-meter per IEEE Standard 80-2013 for reducing ground resistance without adding grid conductors or ground rods.
• Kumwell Digital Lightning Strike Counter LCD-based strike counter logging up to 999 events with threshold current of 1kA, withstand current of 100kA, and IP65 rated housing for outdoor installation.
• McGill Weatherproof Junction Boxes ABS material junction boxes with IK08 impact resistance and IP65 rating, featuring knockouts and PU gasket for weatherproof installations. UL Listed (E476800).
• McGill Weatherproof Distribution Boxes IP66 rated weatherproof distribution boxes available in 4, 6, and 9 way configurations for surface mount applications.
• McGill Cable Glands (PG, Metric, NPT) Cable glands in nylon, brass nickel-plated, and PG/Metric/NPT types with IP68 ratings for securing cables in industrial environments.
• McGill Flexible Conduits Complete flexible conduit solutions including steel flexible (zinc galvanized), PVC coated extra flexible, and liquidtight ultra tough types for various protection levels.
• McGill Terminal Lugs Complete range of terminal lugs including AL9CU compression lugs (one-hole, two-hole, long barrel), aluminum mechanical lugs (dual rated), and insulated and non-insulated ring, Y-type, and pin terminals.
• McGill Electrical Boxes Pre-galvanized steel electrical boxes including 4"x4" square boxes, octagonal boxes, utility boxes, and extension rings for various installation requirements. UL Listed (E476800).
• McGill Cable Management Cable management products including cable ties in various colors, cable tie mounts, cable trunking, and ferrules/cord end terminals.
• McGill Butt Connectors Insulated and non-insulated butt connectors made from tinned copper with VO fire rating for terminating copper conductors.
• Product Guide Downloads Downloadable product guides for Prisma, Kumwell, McGill, and ABB OPR product lines providing technical specifications and catalog information.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration10 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered primary and secondary.

• KumwellprimaryChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorKumwell (Thailand) is a primary brand partner. Prisma distributes Kumwell's lightning protection systems, grounding protection systems, exothermic welding products, and related components in the Philippines.
• ABBprimaryChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorABB (Switzerland) is a primary brand partner. Prisma distributes ABB's circuit breakers, contactors, motor protection equipment, power meters, and air circuit breakers in the Philippines.
• McGillprimaryChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMcGill is a primary brand partner. Prisma distributes McGill's conduits, cable glands, terminal lugs, electrical boxes, weatherproof boxes, flexible conduits, and professional tools in the Philippines.
• CitelsecondaryChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCitel is a brand partner for telecom and data line surge protectors distributed by Prisma.
• GEWISSsecondaryChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorGEWISS is an Italian brand partner for electrical distribution equipment distributed by Prisma.
• HelukabelsecondaryChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorHelukabel is a German brand partner for cables and cable management products distributed by Prisma.
• IDECsecondaryChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorIDEC is a Japanese brand partner for industrial control equipment distributed by Prisma.
• PennunionsecondaryChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPennunion is a brand partner for connectors and cable components distributed by Prisma.
• SEC CablesecondaryChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSEC Cable is a brand partner for cables distributed by Prisma in the Philippines.
• ThiPha CablesecondaryChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorThiPha Cable is a brand partner for cables distributed by Prisma.

Scale indicators3 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Elektra Consolidated Corporation: Philippine-based electrical and lighting products distributor serving commercial and industrial customers; most directly comparable as a Philippines-domestic competitor with overlapping product categories (wiring devices, distribution equipment) and similar customer base of contractors and specifiers.

Broad incumbents

• ABB: Swiss electrical equipment manufacturer whose products (S200, Tmax XT, ACB, contactors, soft starters) form the core of Prisma's catalog; not a direct competitor in distribution but a principal supplier whose channel strategy directly determines Prisma's competitive position in the Philippines.
• Schneider Electric: Global electrical equipment manufacturer and indirect competitor to Prisma; comparable in product overlap (circuit breakers, contactors, motor controls, power meters) but operates as a principal/brand owner rather than distributor, and at vastly greater scale with global direct and channel sales.
• Hubbell Incorporated: US-based manufacturer of electrical products including wiring devices, connectors, and grounding systems; comparable in product range (terminal lugs, conduit fittings, weatherproof enclosures) but operates as a principal manufacturer serving distributors like Prisma indirectly rather than competing in distribution.
• Rexel: France-headquartered global electrical distributor distributing products from ABB, Schneider, and other tier-1 brands; comparable business model (authorized multi-brand distribution to contractors and project specifiers) but operating across multiple continents with significantly larger scale.
• WESCO International: US-listed global electrical and communications distributor (now including Anixter); directly comparable as a value-added distributor of electrical and network products to commercial, industrial, and utility customers, though broader in scope and substantially larger.
• Legrand: French global specialist in electrical and digital building infrastructure manufacturing wiring devices, distribution panels, and cable management; comparable product categories to Prisma's portfolio, though Legrand operates as a manufacturer-principal rather than authorized distributor.
• Sonepar: Global B2B electrical distributor with operations across 40+ countries; directly comparable to Prisma as an authorized multi-brand distributor of circuit protection, wiring devices, and cable management products serving commercial and industrial contractors, though at vastly greater scale.
• Eaton: US-listed power management company manufacturing circuit breakers, switchgear, motor controls, and surge protection; comparable product portfolio to Prisma's ABB and Citel ranges, though Eaton operates globally as a manufacturer-principal rather than a regional distributor.
• Graybar: US employee-owned electrical and data distributor distributing wiring devices, lighting, switchgear, and motor controls to contractors and industrial customers; shares the authorized-distributor model and customer base (electrical contractors and project specifiers) with Prisma.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks2 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance13 records

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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