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TRINIDAD CEMENT LIMITED
SECTION 5: TCL COMPANY HISTORY AND PROFILE
5.1
HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT
5.1.1
Trinidad Cement Limited
Trinidad Cement Limited (“TCL”) was incorporated in Trinidad in 1951 and commenced operations in 1954.
Located at Southern Main Road, Claxton Bay Trinidad, the TCL Group consists of eight (8) operating companies in
Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Jamaica, Anguilla and Guyana.
Corporate Organisation Structure
The TCL Group is involved in the manufacture and sale of bulk and bagged cement, and has integrated vertically
into packaging and premixed concrete. TCL and three of its subsidiaries, TPL, TPM and RML are incorporated in
Trinidad and Tobago while ACCL is incorporated in Barbados and CCCL is incorporated in Jamaica. TCL Trading
Company Limited, a fully-owned subsidiary of TCL was incorporated in Anguilla in December 1997. Operations
began at TCL Guyana Inc. in December 2006. Diversification into packaging commenced in 1991 with a joint
venture between Dipeco of Switzerland and TCL, which resulted in the formation of TPL. The process continued in
1995 with the formation of TPM (a joint venture between Industrias Ponsa of Spain and TCL).
Note: Premix and Precast Concrete Inc. was closed in 2014
