Business View Caribbean | July 2020

49 BUSINESS VIEW CARIBBEAN JULY 2020 employ an engineering corps that handles all the added service to the customer. Further, we manufacture a great majority of the components for our projects. This along with our wealth of experience operating here in the Caribbean sets us apart in our field.” Each of the company’s facilities has a training room, where training and development is provided for the entire IJL staff of about 130 employees. Extensive training is also conducted out in the field. In addition, IJL trains and passes on a great deal of knowledge to external bodies, such as the general public, government institutions, etc. The value of long-term partnerships to the success of a business cannot be understated. Isratech Jamaica continues to enjoy lengthy relationships with several suppliers in excess of 30 years and has helped build a name for those international brands in the Caribbean. Benjie would especially like to give a shout-out to: “Chromagen, a leader in hot water solutions that we’ve been in partnership with since 1992. Our energy solutions include the Chromagen brand of solar water heaters, for which IES is the sole distributor in Jamaica. In addition, Rivulis, an irrigation company out of Israel, and Plasson, a manufacturer of plastic pipe fittings, have been our partners since 1985.” Looking ahead, IJL has some exciting and innovative initiatives on the front burner. The Jamaica Drip Irrigation division recently expanded into the supply of equipment and services for the emerging medical cannabis industry. They have also opened the Caribbean’s first medical cannabis horticultural supply store in Montego Bay, Jamaica. In Mandeville, the company recently purchased another nine acres adjacent to its headquarters and has broken ground on a very large expansion plan to include a retail location, engineering corps, an online shopping distribution hub for the Caribbean, and new factory space. They are proud to announce the addition of new services and product lines under each of IJL’s three divisions after this expansion is completed. A new property Isratech Jamaica 30 YEARS PARTNERSHIP 1(876)603-3946-7 I SRATECH JAMA I CA LTD .