THE ASIA-PACIFIC CENTRE FOR RESEARCH, INC.

ACRE turns 22

The Asia-Pacific Centre for Research (ACRE), Inc. celebrates 22 years of excellent service to clients and suppliers on August 23, 2011.

Acre, Inc. was founded by Dr. Nick B. Fontanilla. It originally focused on five major industries providing a wide range of services to these industries. These were Pharmaceutical, travel and tourism, banking and finance, real estate and media. Since it started, Acre, Inc. provided services to clients that were technology driven. After 22 years, Acre, Inc. counts more than 500 institutional accounts, a majority of which have been repeat clients. At present, it has facilities for CAPI, CATI, CAWI and OCR-driven data processing.

Nick B. Fontanilla, Ph.D., remains as the company’s President and CEO. Members of the Board are Atty. Sofronio Larcia, Ms. Rosalina de Jesus, Engr. Mychal Andrew Fontanilla and Engr. Victorio Amante. Nick Fontanilla was the President of Philippine Marketing Association of the Philippines in 2010 and is a Certified Professional Marketer.

Acre, Inc. is a member of Marketing and Opinion Research Society (MORES), European Society of Market Researchers (ESOMAR), Philippine Marketing Association (PMA), Philippine Statistical Society (PSA), Internet and Mobile Marketing of the Philippines (IMMAP), and Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry.