to across CARICOM and Latin America—leveraging global brand licenses, rapid production, and nearzero internal waste. Thirty Years on the Company led by Travis Ali Chairman/CEO and an experienced team run one of the Caribbean’s most advanced mattress manufacturing operations—a family business that has scaled by pairing disciplined investment with blue-chip brand partnerships. The company manufactures most key components in Trinidad— foam, springs (multiple variants), fibers—and ships finished products across CARICOM and into Latin America. Key milestones tell the story. In 1992, the company became the Serta licensee for the region; 2007 brought the Therapedic license; by 2015, Sealy added another global brand to the portfolio. The Company has also produced under the Restonic Brand since 1993. More Recently the have been appointed the local distributor of Tempur Mattresses and the approved Manufacturer of Stearns and Foster 2 of the most premium brands in the bedding industry, Being a licensee of these key brands propelled our technology and widened our customer base,” Travis says.“We’ve learned to build to international requirements for both retail and hospitality customers.” Today, the factory supplies the major hotel flags operating in the region—Marriott, Hyatt, Hilton and beyond—while serving a deep retail network from Jamaica to Suriname and into Costa Rica, Panama, Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico. A subsidiary plant in Barbados anchors that island’s robust hospitality market. WHY HOSPITALITY CHANGED THE GAME Hotel beds live under a microscope. Beyond comfort, they must hit stringent specs—from brand standards to fire-retardant performance—then pass third-party testing in the U.S. The Trinidad team builds to each flag’s specification, ships samples for certification, and then quotes and supplies directly. “It separates us,”Travis explains.“A Hilton or Marriott has brand specs most local manufacturers can’t meet. Our ability to engineer, test, and certify—and to handle partial refurbishments floor by floor—gives us a competitive edge.” The hospitality discipline spills over into retail: “The same resources and technical skills lift our retail lines—better builds, better consistency.” DISTRIBUTION: A REGIONAL FOOTPRINT WITH LOCAL PRESENCE The company’s core retail market is the English39 BUSINESS VIEW CARIBBEAN VOLUME 12, ISSUE 10 ADVANCE FOAM LIMITED
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