Berger Paints Barbados Ltd.

10 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 9, ISSUE 12 “The Barbados economy grew by 11.5% this last financial year, growth reflected in the construction industry,” says Duguid. “So, we have been having a good year regarding public and private projects. As the Barbados economy grows, it has also been evolving and adapting to changing industry standards, including environmental care, a central concern for the paint manufacturing industry. “We have environmental care standards in Barbados that we constantly maintain as a company,” says Debbie-Ann Barrow, Technology Manager at Berger Paints Barbados Limited. “We continually seek to improve the internal systems that support our obligation to the environment. One area we are currently improving is upgrading all water-based products to have a smaller carbon footprint. BERGER PA INTS BARBADOS LTD . To achieve this, we continually evaluate our raw materials to ensure they comply with government and international standards.” As part of these obligations, BPBL is moving towards integrating more automation in its facilities, which are currently semi- automated, improvements it hopes to achieve over the next five years. BPBL has around fifty employees, most of whom have been with the company for decades. As a goldmine of knowledge and earned wisdom, BPBL utilizes this knowledge to onboard new employees, who often join knowing little to nothing about the paint industry. “There are no paint schools in Barbados, so all our employees learn on the job,” comments Barrow. However, the