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24 25 A pplianceTraders Limited (ATL) was founded by Gordon“Butch”Stewart,a Jamaican businessman and hotelier,who beganworking at the age of 17as a salesman for the CuraçaoTrading Companyand eventuallybecame its salesmanager.Wanting to start his own company,Stewart launchedATL in 1968,specializing in the manufacture and sales of air conditioning units,which at the time,was still newto the island. Today,the companyStewart began is still Jamaica’s leading supplier of home and commercial air conditioning.It has also spent the last five decades continuouslygrowing,evolving,and diversifying into other areas andmarkets.Its 400 employees nowworkout of three locations: Ocho Rios,Montego Bay,and APPLIANCE TRADERS LIMITED NAME BRANDSANDMORE Limited APPLIANCE TRADERS AT A GLANCE APPLIANCE TRADERS LIMITED WHAT: A distributor of industrial, commercial, and household goods and appliances WHERE: Kingston, Ocho Rios, and Montego Bay, Jamaica WEBSITE: www.atljamaica.com