DCP Successors procures $2-million shipment of soap-making ingredients

The ship docked at the company’s jetty

Belfast: October 17 – DCP Successors Ltd, the soap manufacturing factory in Belfast achieved a very important milestone this week as they received their first bulk shipment of the raw material Tallow.

Tallow is the main ingredients used in the manufacturing of the company’s soaps.

The company officially began manufacturing operations in February 2018 and was able to commence exportation of the finished product in March 2018.

General Manager, Damien Sorhaindo remarked, “The shipment of tallow received this week is valued at approximately EC $2,000,000, which is a significant investment, but furthermore is a clear indication of the company’s commitment to Dominica and to the continued success of the operations at the facility.”

Another important milestone achieved is the fact that the company was able to receive this shipment at their Jetty facility in Belfast.

“Most people would know that the company’s jetty suffered extensive damage during the passage of Hurricane Maria and although it is still in the process of being rehabilitated, enough repair works were carried out to date to accommodate this vessel,” he said.

Sorhaindo also expressed his gratitude to the company’s staff who handled all the preparatory work leading up to the shipment, as well as the actual receiving of the tallow material on Monday, October 15, which was a gruelling 15 hour operation from the time the vessel docked at the jetty at 10 am to all the material being pumped into their bulk storage tanks, close to 1 am the next morning.

“This procedure is a very technical and labour intensive one and the guys really worked diligently to ensure the entire process was completed safely and successfully,” he stated.

Sorhaindo closed by also extending special thanks to PDV Caribe Dominica Ltd, who provided two light towers to the company free of charge to facilitate the unloading during the nighttime hours.

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17 Comments

  1. Duke Nukkem
    October 22, 2018

    @Zandoli

    I don’t agree with you although it’s logically sound you didn’t take into consideration that
    1. “our coconut more healthy than any imported oil”
    2. ” more health means more value more value means justified price increase”
    3. ” added fees in imported stuff” increase expense”
    4. ” you have a direct/immediate connection to you supply chain” cost benefits’

    I dough do business in school formally I still think their was enough incentive to go local or even do a hybrid system where you getting from both local and import. I agree initially local will be a little more but in the long run the advantages of having everything on island is just a more sustainable move. I can be wrong dough..*opinion

    • Solutions From Mahaut
      October 23, 2018

      Exactly, you are talking about some higher end, value added premium product made from premium ingredients. DCP is an all out factory with overhead maintenance costs. if they’ve gone with tallow, because tallow is cheaper, its probably because they derive some operational and/ or cash flow benefit/ efficiency from hitting certain output thresholds.

      its weird to me that people on this forum think they know how a this business should be run, yet a) either don’t run one (especially one of comparable scale) / have that experience or b) distrust the decision(s) an experienced management team.

  2. zandoli
    October 22, 2018

    For all the people who are deriding DCP for importing tallow and not coconut oil, you obviously know nothing about running a business. The fact is, Dominica cannot produce fats as cheaply as that which can be imported. If DCP is forced ti use local coconut oil, they will face two major issues that will impact on the survivability of the business. Firstly, there is simply not enough coconuts or farmers who produce coconuts on a scale to make any business sense unless they intend to produce on a very small scale. Secondly, the cost of locally sourced coconuts that then have to be converted to oil cannot compete with imported fats.

    Unlike a government entity that is not profit driven, this is a private company and they will live or die by the decisions that they make. They are smart enough to recognize the supporting local coconut farmers at this stage, while laudable, would not be a good business decision.

  3. lobourer
    October 19, 2018

    2 million dollars for what? for soap making ingredients? people talking like a million dollars is just a few thousand dollars.

  4. UKDominican
    October 19, 2018

    Sad really, DCP was set up by mr. Nassief Sr. to make use of our locally produced coconut oil. Tallow is imported animal fat.
    How is that going to help our economy unless the govt. give reformed DCP a monopoly on soap for the local market, and perhaps the OECS at prices high enough to subsidise exports. It is the flour scenario all over again. Did anyone mention climate resilience?

    • Solutions From Mahaut
      October 19, 2018

      different times, different competitive realities. it is naive to compare two totally different epochs. does provenance of raw material matter if DCPS can find operational sustainability in the free market? NOPE! lol. healthy cash flow + margins = operational expansion. DCPS team has experience – you’ll notice faces involved from DCP part 1 + part 2 now involved in part 3. i think an experienced operating business team knows best about what it requires to compete.

      • Dominican
        October 20, 2018

        There is a difference. The main one is that the use of copra would provide an income for our local farmers. Secondly, we would not have to send foreign exchange overseas for payment. Soap made from coconut oil is of superior quality and demands a premium. Last but not least, any profits made would not just go to the shareholders of one company but more equitably distributed in our community.

    • Crebd
      October 20, 2018

      Stop being ignorant when you do not know about some thing, is the only ingredients for
      Soap coconut oil? Go and do your research

    • October 20, 2018

      @Dominica, didn’t Maria destroy our coconut trees? You can’t find a jelly coconut, it will take a long while before we can get copra in enough quantity to produce soap. Let’s get real…..

  5. RastarMarn
    October 18, 2018

    That’s great, that’s how economies as built: importation of raw materials for the manufacturing of finished goods,,,

    So does anyone know whether or not Colgate Palmolive is still manipulating operations of this One manufacturing entity Dominica possesses???

    • DEE
      October 19, 2018

      When i first read this i was elated , thinking Blindly, that it was the first $2million dollar shipment of our manufactured product to a purchasing country , then i saw the word ”procured” , that’s when i said , wait a minute , that could also be a political stunt .
      One never knows ein , with the way things are going in Dominica , the resources for such a purchase could well have been furnished by CBI program , that would be peanuts From the vast resources the PM claims to have at his disposal .
      God forbid , it should not be stored in these storage tanks for the next 5 years .

      • Solutions From Mahaut
        October 19, 2018

        either way – a for profit enterprise sinking cash into raw material is a clear indication of intent. import -> add value -> export.

      • Anonymous
        October 19, 2018

        I don’t know Mahaut. Dr. Thomas company imported coffee beans for us to roast and export but they all had to be dumped. Who paid for that debacle? Sorry if I have my doubts.

    • Crebd
      October 20, 2018

      Colgate sold the company’

  6. LENOX HILL HOSPITAL
    October 18, 2018

    More to come,Lord help Dominica strong.

  7. The eagle
    October 18, 2018

    This is such great news….I pray this company servives….and they will…i have never seen a family like the nassief in DA who have been so generous compare to many who make millions and not a sclorloship they will give to their employees children……those foreign company only wanted to destroy our good working brands and close our company….may God continue to bless DCP and it’s new owners….

  8. waters
    October 18, 2018

    Good Job love to hear that.

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