Trinrico Steel & Wire Products Limited

Business View Caribbean 9 wire products, was to gather the best suppliers in the world and produce to a global standard. Using chemi- cal, mechanical, and structural properties, in combi- nation with the state of the art equipment, Trinrico was poised to bring capabilities and products that would take the region into the next evolution of the construc- tion industry. To do so consistently, he brought the best production and software managers and techni- cians he could convince in Europe to join the company. Trinrico’s first large supply cut and bend project was for a new store in Trinidad. The company supplied all the rebar processed into shapes as well as the fence system, both of which were new products for the re- juvenated company. Today, Trinrico has approximately 300 full and part-time employees. The company has multiple building on its property in Reform, with an administration building in San Fernando. Its prod- ucts cover the Caribbean region with some activity in South and Central America; although because of a global downturn in the construction industry and fierce global competition, most of its present-day customers are local, including over 350 hardware stores across the country and many small to medium-sized contrac- tors. Its products include galvanized wire, barbed wire, galvanized welded mesh, high and maximum security fence systems, geo-textiles, Gabion baskets, and a new reinforcement product called Dramex which con- sists of steel fibers placed in concrete. “We’re in the original line of products that my father had started,” explains Ramoutarsingh, “but we have gone a lot further downstream with them. For exam- ple, in the beginning, my father was manufacturing 1986 - 2016