100 May 2015 - Business View Caribbean
and in that there was always a great value placed on
the Jamaican team”.
“Part of Harris’s success is due to the importance we
place on having local people in all our locations, who
understand the local culture and the needs of the local
customer”. This is the adamant belief of Chief Execu-
tive Officer of the Harris Group, Ian Kenyon. “The B-H
plant in Jamaica has the largest production capacity
of all our Caribbean operations and as a country with
a population 9 times bigger than our most dominant
market in Barbados, we are very excited about where
the Jamaican B-H team can take this business in the
future”.
Since 2006, BH has strengthened its performance on
a number of fronts and has embraced the ISO qual-
ity management standards, earning and maintaining
the internationally recognized ISO 9001:2008 certifi-
cation. Claude Manning underlines that the certifica-
tion extends to every area of the business to support
consistent and high quality standards from production
right through to customer service.
The mid size Jamaican company has also been able to
tap in to valuable resources and partnerships through
the Harris Group. “We noticed across the Caribbean
that customers were crying out for paints that were
more fade resistant, longer lasting, provided better
coverage and hiding and were less harmful to the
environment,” explains Mr. Manning. “This led to the
development and launch of our Ulttima Plus line that
incorporates 5 proprietary technologies to reduce the
growth of mildew on exterior paints and provide safer,
longer lasting colours. The line has been exceptionally
well received and in independent tests, is proven to
have overall outperformed competitors, products.”
B-H Paints currently has about 60 employees and their
products are sold in approximately 400 dealers stores
across the country including Kingston, Mandeville,
Savanna la Mar and Montego Bay. In addition to the
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