Arawak Cement Company

What Arawak Cement Company does

Arawak Cement Company Limited is a Barbados-based cement manufacturer and a Business Unit of the TCL Group, with CEMEX as the ultimate parent. Headquartered and produced at a single plant in Checker Hall, St. Lucy, the company manufactures Portland cement meeting ASTM and BSEN international standards and operates under an ISO 9001 certified quality management system. It has supplied the OECS markets, St. Lucia, and French Guyana for over three decades, with 25kg sack packaging engineered to minimize spillage and extend shelf life in tropical logistics. The customer base is the construction industry — residential, commercial, and infrastructure builders, contractors, and developers — served primarily through direct sales and delivery, supplemented by a customer-facing online Concrete/Mortar Calculator tool.

The company's revenue model is a one-time-product-sale model: cement is sold per bag or per order, with prices not publicly disclosed and quotes available through a direct sales force reachable by email, telephone, and chat. There is no subscription, licensing, or platform revenue component. The product surface is narrow — essentially one core commodity (Portland cement in standardized packaging) plus a free utility calculator — but the operating footprint is regional rather than purely domestic, spanning Barbados and Caribbean export markets.

Distribution is a combination of direct sales with company-managed pickup and delivery operations in Barbados and dedicated export channels to OECS territories, St. Lucia, and French Guyana. The business is privately held within TCL Group and CEMEX's group structure, with no public listing, no venture funding history, and no disclosed revenue. Beyond its core product, the company invests in community engagement, engineering-community partnerships (BAPE, UWI Seismic Research Centre, DEM Barbados), and workforce development (Barbados Community College, Darryl Jordan Secondary School), and aligns with group-level safety and digital initiatives such as the CEMEX ZERO4LIFE Health & Safety program and CEMEX Go.

Name

Arawak Cement Company

Legal name

Arawak Cement Company Limited

Website

https://arawakcement.com.bb

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Arawak Cement Company Limited is a Barbados-based Portland cement manufacturer and Business Unit of TCL Group, producing ISO 9001, ASTM, and BSEN-certified cement for the construction industry across Barbados, the OECS, St. Lucia, and French Guyana.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cement Manufacturing

NAICS

Cement Manufacturing (327310)

SIC

Cement, Hydraulic (3241)

akta.pro primary industry

Cement Manufacturing (Portland, Blended & Specialty) (IMADAAAG)

Keywords

• Portland cement manufacturing
• Cement product supply
• Construction materials distribution
• Bulk cement export
• Cement bag packaging

Headquarters

HQ city

Bridgetown

HQ country

Barbados

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Operations, Supply Chain, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Cement Product Sales: Sale of cement products to construction industry customers, both domestically in Barbados and through exports to OECS markets, French Guyana, and St. Lucia

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Arawak Cement Company Limited manufactures and supplies Portland cement products in 25kg sacks meeting international ASTM and BSEN standards, with ISO 9001 certified quality management. The company serves the construction industry across Barbados and export markets in the OECS region, French Guyana, and St. Lucia through direct sales, delivery, and pickup operations.

Product overview

Arawak Cement Company Limited operates as a cement manufacturing business unit within the TCL Group, producing Portland cement products that meet ASTM and BSEN international standards. The company has been supplying OECS markets for over three decades. Their core product offering centers on cement in 25kg packaging, complemented by an online Concrete/Mortar Calculator tool. They hold ISO 9001 quality management certification and maintain operations in Barbados with exports to Caribbean markets including St. Lucia and French Guyana.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Arawak Cement (Portland Cement)

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• TCL GroupcoreOthersArawak Cement Company Ltd. is a Business Unit of the TCL Group, operating as part of this regional business group for cement production and distribution
• Barbados Association of Professional Engineers (BAPE)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerArawak Cement partnered with BAPE to sponsor a tsunami and earthquake awareness workshop hosted by UWI's Seismic Research Centre
• University of the West Indies' Seismic Research Centre (UWI-SRC)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-hosted workshop for tsunami and earthquake awareness as part of disaster preparedness initiatives
• Darryl Jordan Secondary SchoolminorGTM or Marketing PartnerMulti-faceted long-term partnership including donation of 25 computers, CVQ training at the plant, and steel pan orchestra sponsorship
• Department of Emergency Management (DEM) BarbadosminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered with DEM during Tsunami and Earthquake Smart month to support disaster preparedness awareness
• Barbados Community CollegeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvides on-the-job training for final-year Electrical Engineering students
• CEMEXcoreOthersParent company through TCL Group ownership; Arawak follows CEMEX health and safety protocols and initiatives like ZERO4LIFE and the Health & Safety Academy

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Holcim: Global cement and aggregates leader with growing Caribbean and Latin American footprint. Comparable as a broad incumbent producing Portland and blended cements for construction markets similar to Arawak's.
• CEMEX: Ultimate parent and one of the world's largest cement producers, with global operations, vertically integrated ready-mix, and standardized health/safety protocols (ZERO4LIFE) that Arawak operates under. Provides the strategic and operational benchmark for Arawak.
• Titan Cement Group: Multinational cement and building materials producer with operations spanning the Eastern Mediterranean, Southeastern Europe, and the Americas. Comparable as a global cement manufacturer serving construction end markets.
• Heidelberg Materials: One of the world's largest cement and aggregates producers with diversified geographic exposure including the Americas. Comparable as a multinational incumbent in the same core manufacturing category.
• CRH plc: Global building materials group with significant cement, aggregates, and ready-mix operations across the Americas. Comparable as a broad incumbent in construction inputs, including Caribbean-adjacent markets.

Regional players

• Loma Negra: Argentina's largest cement producer with growing regional presence. Comparable as a LatAm cement specialist with similar commodity-product dynamics and dependence on construction-cycle demand.
• Votorantim Cimentos: Latin American cement and concrete major with extensive Brazilian and South American operations. Comparable regional peer exporting into adjacent Caribbean/South American territories.
• Cementos Argos: Major Colombian and Caribbean cement and concrete producer (including regional assets via Argos USA). Comparable regional LatAm/Caribbean peer in the same cement category with overlapping export ambitions.

Direct peers

• Caribbean Cement Company: Jamaica's primary cement manufacturer serving the English-speaking Caribbean. Highly comparable as a regional single-country cement producer with similar customer base (construction industry) and product (Portland cement).
• Trinidad Cement Limited (TCL): TCL is the parent company's regional namesake and produces Caribbean clinker and cement. Arawak shares the TCL Group identity, and the two operate the same Caribbean cement market with overlapping geographic focus.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/arawakcementbds
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/arawak-cement-co-ltd

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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