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sheeting. It began the importation of lumber and wood
products that same year - form ply and one-inch lum-
ber. In 1997, ARC acquired the Jamaica Steel Rein-
forcement Company and began manufacturing nails,
construction fabric mesh, quarter wire, binding wire,
and drawn wire.
Today, the list of building products that ARC either
manufactures or distributes, covers a wide range of
different materials, all of which are crucial to its many
customers in the island’s construction sector: steel
reinforcement and merchant bars; metal sheets and
plates; welding rods; treated and untreated lumber;
cedar and fiberglass roof shingles; chain-link fencing;
hurricane struts; and, of course, all sorts of nails and
wires.
Indeed, ARC is the sole manufacturer of binding wire
and nails in Jamaica. Imported bare coil wires and
wire rods are manipulated in its wire manufacturing
plant to produce the desired diameter and form for the
production of other wire based products: Wire Nails,
Fabric Mesh, Binding Wire, Quarter Wire, and Weld-
AT A GLANCE
WHO:
ARC Systems
WHAT:
Manufacturer and distributor of building
materials
WHERE:
Kingston, Jamaica
WEBSITE
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