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chain link fencing, chain link fence fabric, nails, weld-
ing wire mesh, and re-bar from coil. Those are still our
core products, today. But in each and every one of
those products, we’ve added value and more range.
For example, we used to purchase re-bar in coils and
only straightened them to standard length to sell them
as re-bar in bundles; but now, we are processing re-bar
from both coil and bar and we are distributing both
coil and bar, nationwide and regionally. Clients are
submitting their bar-bending schedules based on their
construction drawings and we are delivering all of the
material cut and bent into stirrups and shaped bars.
And in addition, we’ve also started assembly; clients
submit engineer drawings of what they are going to
do with the pieces they would be assembling into col-
umns, or piles, or complicated mats, and we do the as-
sembly in our facility and deliver them ready to install.”
Ramoutarsingh stresses that Trinrico is known for the
quality of its materials. “Not only are we very proud
of our products, but we are not sure when we manu-
facture a roll of welded mesh, for example, or a ton
of steel, if it’s going into a simple home project or if
it’s going to end up in a government project. So, all of
our products are backed up by a mill test certificate
which is traceable to the raw material and complies
with the specification. Unfortunately, a lot of our com-
petitors don’t follow this code and use rejected raw
material that’s very old, or very rusted, or undersized.
So, our largest challenge is that we are expected to
sell at a competitive price against anyone, but we are
also expected to adhere to the international standards
for that product. So we need to be very innovative if we
are going to survive these times.”
