September 2015 Issue Business View Caribbean

Business View Caribbean - September 2015 31 plan. But then it skyrocketed and as the years moved on they continued to add different lines of products to the manufacturing process.” Edgechem’s 15,000 square-foot factory and corpo- rate offices were constructed in 1995 at Nanse Pen in Kingston, and today, the “little business” has grown to 200 employees, 22 retail stores, three warehous- es, over 500 distribution locations island-wide, and a head office that houses the company’s factory and handles its products’ distribution. In addition to pro- viding its products throughout Jamaica, Edgechem also exports automotive, industrial, furniture, and decorative finishes to 13 islands and countries across the English-speaking Caribbean region. Some of its products include: sealers, primers, lacquers, thin- ners, putty, stains, varnishes, color glosses, enamels, tints, textured and trowel paints, roof compound, and clearcoat. Edgechem’s flagship product is its automotive line of AT A GLANCE WHO: Edgechem Jamaica Limited WHAT: Manufacturer and distributor of automo- tive, furniture, industrial, and decorative finishes WHERE: Kingston, Jamaica WEBSITE : www.edgechem.com