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quarter, this year, we acquired another 8,000 square
feet of warehouse space, adjoining our present fac-
tory and we are about to build out that area within the
next three months,” Mitchell says. “That will give us in-
creased raw material capacity and increased finished
goods capacity. One of the advantages that we try and
use against imported products is that we can offer the
customer just-in-time products. So, being able to store
more finished goods means that the customer does
not have to hold inventory; we will supply the inven-
tory. Hopefully, by the end of this calendar year, we will
have increased our production capacity by about 30
percent.”
Even as Corrpak continues to prosper and grow, Mitch-
ell asserts that in one very important way, the com-
pany he began with Chang is still rooted in the found-
ers’ original mission – that of providing employment
opportunities for Jamaican youth. “We are a success-
ful Jamaican manufacturer in a very difficult economic
environment,” he says. “But here is a company that
does more than make a profit. We’re based in a very
underdeveloped section of the city and we take kids
from the ghetto and we make them into productive,
skilled individuals.”
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