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ican Assemblies Ltd., which, today, operates as an in-
dependent contractor for Arcom Labs. Roston Taylor is
North American Assemblies’ Managing Director, and
he came to his position in a most interesting way. Be-
fore running the new company, Taylor worked in the
field of investment promotion, meaning that he was re-
sponsible for searching for and inducing businesses to
set up on St. Lucia. In fact, he was the contact that ini-
tially got Arcom to move to the island in the first place.
Six months after the new facility opened, he was hired
to run it. And he’s been there, ever since.
North American Assemblies makes only one product
and has only one customer: Arcom Labs. The product
that it makes is a filter for cable TV. Taylor explains:
“On the cable lines, you have a hundred percent of all
channels. But based on the package that you pay for,
the cable company will put a filter on your line, and it
would only allow you to see the television stations that
you pay for.” In other words, North American Assem-
blies makes the filters that make it impossible for ca-
ble customers to freeload off of their cable company.
AT A GLANCE
WHO:
North American Assemblies Ltd.
WHAT:
Maker of filters for the worldwide cable
TV industry
WHERE:
St. Lucia
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