The Manufacterer Newsletter 8.5 x 11 E-MAG

Trade & Investment
Convention 2018
Launched
On 6th September 2017, the media launch of the Trade
and Investment Convention for 2018 (TIC2018) took place
at Five Star Private Members Club, Chaguanas. This
event hosted by the Trinidad and Tobago Manufacturers’
Association (TTMA) introduced next year’s theme of “New
Horizons, New Opportunities”.
In his address, TTMA’s President Mr. Christopher Alcazar
noted the success of TIC2017 by highlighting the following:
• TIC2017 was the largest TIC that TTMA has ever hosted
with over 11,500 attendees – with 7,720 being unique
attendees
• This TIC, as has become tradition, saw global
participants from such countries as Barbados, Belize,
Cuba, Costa Rica, Dominica, Dominican Republic,
Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Peru, Saint Lucia, St.
Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, United Kingdom
and Venezuela
• TIC hosted over 200 Business-to-Business meetings
which translated into meaningful contacts and in some
instances, the proposal and execution of contracts
• TIC2017 saw the generation of over $50 million dollars
in business locally, from the planning stages to the
execution of the 4-day period of TIC
The media launch also featured remarks from some of our
sponsors of TIC2018. Mr. Larry Olton of First Citizens noted
the resilience of smaller manufacturers during this time of
economic downturn. He also highlighted that First Citizens
was in the process of taking its services far beyond the
shores of Trinidad and Tobago. He indicated though First
Citizens is currently also in St. Vincent, St. Lucia, Barbados
and Costa Rica, the company is actively searching for new
opportunities to expand into other territories. Mr. Olton also
reiterated that the “local economic situation” compels First
Citizens to find “creative ways to build business opportunity”
and as such, First Citizens is once again proud to partner
with the TTMA for the tenth year in 2018.
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