Type Private Area served Worldwide Founder Sheik Mohameed Jaleel | Industry Beverages Website [1] Founded 1924 | |
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SM Jaleel & Company Ltd, also known as SMJ, is the largest manufacturer of non alcoholic drinks in the English speaking Caribbean. Since inception in 1924 their portfolio of beverages are distributed to over 60 countries worldwide.
SMJ’s products include a wide array of soft drinks, fruit juices, purified and flavoured water, energy drinks, and other fruit flavoured beverages.
SMJ's blow molding facility is the largest in the Caribbean where they manufacture their own PET bottles in different shapes and sizes for their numerous products.
The company was also the first in the world, in conjunction with Reynolds Metals Company, to fill fruit juices in aluminum cans using nitrogen technology in the 1980s, thus eliminating the need for artificial preservatives in the product.
Currently, SMJ’s products are found in over half a million wholesale and retail stores worldwide, including Walmart and other international retailers. The company has more than 2000 employees in five continents.
History and Timeline
Locations
SM Jaleel's headquarters reside at the Otaheite Industrial Estate in South Oropouche, Trinidad and Tobago.
With subsidiary offices in:
Products Manufactured and Distributed by SMJ
Juices & Juice Drinks
Fruta Fruta Kool Kidz Caribbean Cool Trinidad Juices TampicoCarbonated soft drinks
Chubby Busta Cole Cold American Classic SeagramsWater
Oasis Viva Island Mist Cool Runnings Mt. PelierEnergy drinks
Turbo Energy DrinkConsideration for the Environment