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“The operations that we set up in the Caribbean, especially in Barbados,were primarilymanufacturing operations of constructionmaterials that were destined for export,”Gafoor continues.“Themain focus was on themanufacturing of,primarily,steel-based construction materials with the Guyana operations alsomanufac- turing aluminumand plastics products.The goal was to service the young andmaturing economics of the southern Caribbean states,wheremajor investments were taking place in housing,education,and infrastruc- ture.” Gafoor reports that the company’s businessmodel began to change in the 1980s and‘90s,as its traditional AT A GLANCE BARBADOS STEEL WORKS LIMITED. WHAT: A manufacturing and trading com- pany WHERE: Oistins, Barbados WEBSITE: www.barbadossteelworks.com