President Medina inaugurated the Puras Pinturas Dominicanas paint manufacturing plant in Pedro Brand on the Duarte Highway yesterday, Thursday 16 October 2014. The factory will manufacture the Montana brand of paints. This is a US$20 million Dominican Republic-Venezuelan investment. Some 200 direct and indirect jobs were created, said the chairman of the board of the investing company, Grupo Corimon, Carlos Gil. Gil said that the location is strategic for exports to Central America and the Caribbean. The plant has the capacity to manufacture 400,000 gallons of paint a year.