Business View Caribbean | May 2016

72 May 2016 - Business View Caribbean Business View Caribbean - May 2016 73 quarter, this year, we acquired another 8,000 square feet of warehouse space, adjoining our present fac- tory and we are about to build out that area within the next three months,” Mitchell says. “That will give us in- creased raw material capacity and increased finished goods capacity. One of the advantages that we try and use against imported products is that we can offer the customer just-in-time products. So, being able to store more finished goods means that the customer does not have to hold inventory; we will supply the inven- tory. Hopefully, by the end of this calendar year, we will have increased our production capacity by about 30 percent.” Even as Corrpak continues to prosper and grow, Mitch- ell asserts that in one very important way, the com- pany he began with Chang is still rooted in the found- ers’ original mission – that of providing employment opportunities for Jamaican youth. “We are a success- ful Jamaican manufacturer in a very difficult economic environment,” he says. “But here is a company that does more than make a profit. We’re based in a very underdeveloped section of the city and we take kids from the ghetto and we make them into productive, skilled individuals.” PREFERRED VENDORS Sun Chemical - www.sunchemical.com King Paper Ltd. - www.kingpaper.com