34 November 2016 - Business View Caribbean
Quality Incorporations VII Ltd.
Manufacturing life’s necessities
Krishna Vaswani formed Quality Incorporations VII Ltd.
in 2004, after returning to Jamaica from his studies
abroad. His family already owned a wide range of busi-
nesses in the island nation, and with their help, he
purchased the former tissue operations of West Indies
Pulp and Paper, one of the largest manufacturing en-
tities in the Caribbean. The manufacturing sector of
Jamaica was slowly inching back and Vaswani saw this
as an opportunity to rejuvenate an already well-known
brand that could hold its own against the many im-
ported products that, he says, were “bombarding the
local market. Finished products coming into the CARI-
COM countries have a 20 percent duty, so we are very
competitive in our market,” he explains. “And we’re
focused on our customer needs and what the market
demands, so it’s a perfect match.”
From the Kingston facility that houses the company’s
manufacturing, distribution, and administrative offic-
es, some 55 employees produce the toilet paper that
gets sold to retail, wholesale, and government offices
all over Jamaica and beyond. “We cover the entire is-
