Who We Are

Our Story

Motives International is a global family business. Founded in 2003 with a team of 6 people in Vietnam, we now have a global footprint and joint ventures on four continents but still operate with the humanity and accountability of a multi-generational family business.

Motives produces for many of the largest and most well-known brands worldwide. We now have a team of 500+ employees and representatives across 10 office locations worldwide. In Vietnam we have 300+ employees to oversee sourcing, production, customer service, product design and quality control.

Motives LIGHTING is a division of the Motives International brand focused on partnering manufacturers with a similar vision to our own. We help to bring the world of functional and decorative lighting under one roof. As we have expanded our sales capabilities across the globe, we continue to enhance our roots within Vietnam. Since 2014, we have built 18 homes for families across the country. We have also provided 77 academic scholarships to aspiring students in need of financial aid. These are only a selection of the initiatives that we have implemented to support our global communities.

Our Core Values

Sourcing & Manufacturing

Motives International has managed production for many of the largest brands worldwide, some of whom have been with us now for nearly 15 years! We have over 500 employees to manage construction, costing, sampling, compliance, merchandising, production, and delivery.

Motives Lighting division manages every step of the manufacturing process, from sourcing the latest technology, through design and factory set-up to final assembly, in-house testing and 3rd party certification such as UL, CE and UKCA approvals.

Our sales offices are located in New York, London, Berlin, Tokyo, Toulouse, Dubai and Barcelona. We work on a FOB as standard but can work to FCA, POE, or DDP if required. The Motives Lighting division is focused on sourcing and production within Vietnam.

Quality Control

100% Transparency & Compliance

If trust is built on one thing, it is transparency – an ethical imperative at Motives since our inception. Embracing transparency has been key to our success and continues to be a cornerstone of our ideology. We have always encouraged our customers to become directly engaged in our process, from sampling to factory production, from sourcing to compliance, we give them a clear window into everything that’s happening. This gives our customers control over how things are done in each step of the production process. This philosophy has helped Motives forge the many long-standing relationships built on trust – which is the hallmark of our offering and the reason our customers stay with us.

Compliance isn’t an inconvenience that we must get through; it is something that we believe defines, in part, who we are. It is the functional result of our philosophy of transparency and the substantiation of our ethical practices. Further, a strict adherence to the highest compliance standards has a significant impact on our performance and reflects the honorable character of our business. Our factories meet full compliance for all customers globally.

Our compliance team in Vietnam is dedicated to ensuring that the requirements of each individual client are met. Motives is committed to fair trade principles by partnering with factories and the respective local working communities on fair prices and payment, fair market wages, ensuring no forced labor, ensuring good working conditions, respect for the environment, and promoting fair and sustainable trade. We are also dedicated to collaborating with customers on obtaining additional certifications as requested.

Our Partners

Social Responsibility

We take pride in supporting local and internationally based charitable organizations and are devoted to our employees and their communities, our company initiatives include;

Building Homes for Local Communities

Since the initiation of this program in 2014, Motives has built 18 homes for families in local Vietnamese communities. Our team works diligently with charitable organizations to identify the areas in most need of improved living conditions.

Children's Education Fund

Motives has provided 77 academic scholarships to university students in need of financial support. We take pride in supporting the academic dreams and ambitions of dedicated students across the country.

Motives Supporting Fund

We take the concept of family very seriously at Motives. Not only do we focus on the social welfare of our employees, but we look at how to help and support the extended families as well. This could also include parents of our employees, or more distant relatives (aunts, uncles, cousins, etc). We have created a fund to support the extended families of our employees during times of natural disaster or medical crisis.