Panama Hat Factory Ecuador

Panama Hat manufacturers

Pablo Franco and his wife María Mero decided to continue with the family legacy of making and marketing toquilla straw Panama hats, where they went from being workers to becoming great entrepreneurs.

Currently the company has 70 families of weavers whose job is to create hats by hand, the main objective is not only to grow corporately, but also to improve the economic situation and support them so that they continue to manufacture authentic Panama hats, with good practices such as trade fair and corporate social responsibility.

Surely when you arrive in Montecristi you imagine living this whole experience seeing people making hats, but the reality is that you only find many stores with products, but none allows you to follow the process of how the hat is made step by step.

If what you are looking for is to learn and know our ancestral heritage, visiting Montecuador is the best option, you will know the qualities, styles, designs, the elaboration time and most importantly you will be able to record and take photographs as we create your hat live.

If you are an entrepreneur, this self-education will help you sell a good quality product to your customers.

Next, we show you the two types of visits to the fine hat factory in Ecuador:

Panama Hat Factory

Record tourism   

You will know the process of finishing panama hats live, how they are managed in sizes, styles, colors and export. (No cost)

Also in our facilities you can buy crafts of various designs and sizes

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Tour montecristi panama hat

Whole process 

For this process, an appointment must be scheduled, you will know the 3 phases of the elaboration process, raw material, weaver, and the finished master, all live where you can take photographs and videos

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