Gopee-Scoon: Small and medium businesses vital economy’s growth

Speaking on Wednesday at a tour of the Santa Rosa Limeworks Limited Plant, a subsidiary of the Sampete Group, Gopee- Scoon said, “I am pleased to see how this family business has grown and developed its operations to meet international standards.

Small and medium sized businesses are vital to the growth of our economy.” Located in Cumuto, the company which has been in existence for the past 30 years is the first and only producer of quicklime and hydrated lime locally.

These products are used in water treatment - drinking water; waste water - sewage management; civil works - soil stabilisation and asphalt treatment for road paving; agriculture - poultry feed and litter; iron and steel; sugar refining; and gold mining.

Managing director of Sampete Group, Andrew Fredericks, provided a comprehensive overview on the group’s products and the various industries in which they are used.

“This facility is a culmination of a dream and I believe that Trinidad and Tobago stands to benefit from this plant which has a natural gas supply on site contributing to the production of a better quality of lime.” He said the company is seeking to increase its footprint locally and in Guyana, Suriname, Grenada, St Lucia and Barbados, and looks forward to demonstrating their competence through collaborative work with the Ministry of Trade and Industry and other relevant ministries.