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revisited the manufacturers of machines for all the
products in Trinrico’s portfolio and embarked upon
a course to uplift the moribund company. His focus,
now that he was his own primary end user of steel and
wire products, was to gather the best suppliers in the
world and produce to a global standard. Using chemi-
cal, mechanical, and structural properties, in combi-
nation with the state of the art equipment, Trinrico was
poised to bring capabilities and products that would
take the region into the next evolution of the construc-
tion industry. To do so consistently, he brought the
best production and software managers and techni-
cians he could convince in Europe to join the company.
Trinrico’s first large supply cut and bend project was
for a new store in Trinidad. The company supplied all
the rebar processed into shapes as well as the fence
system, both of which were new products for the re-
juvenated company. Today, Trinrico has approximately
300 full and part-time employees. The company has
multiple building on its property in Reform, with an
administration building in San Fernando. Its prod-
ucts cover the Caribbean region with some activity
in South and Central America; although because of a
global downturn in the construction industry and fierce
global competition, most of its present-day customers
are local, including over 350 hardware stores across
the country and many small to medium-sized contrac-
tors. Its products include galvanized wire, barbed wire,
galvanized welded mesh, high and maximum security
fence systems, geo-textiles, Gabion baskets, and a
new reinforcement product called Dramex which con-
sists of steel fibers placed in concrete.
“We’re in the original line of products that my father
had started,” explains Ramoutarsingh, “but we have
