President Luis Abinader attended the Velas Hispaniola candle manufacturing plant’s inauguration on Tuesday, 23 February 2021. The factory is described as the largest candle manufacturer in Latin America and the fourth largest in the world. It is located in the Parque Industrial La Hispaniola in Guerra, in the province of Santo Domingo.
Operations head Errol Boulos explained the factory is a US$70 million investment and employs 360 persons. The facility has eight automated production lines – scented, repellent, container candles, household, emergency, votive, religious and botanical. The company has the capacity to produce 1.7+ million candles a day. It offers 2,500+ items and 30+ private labels for leading brands. At present Velas Hispaniola exports to 31 countries.
Velas Hispaniola tells its story: In 2002, the company’s owners, who had been in the paraffin-selling business since 1994, realized there was a demand for the raw material and the finished product. They realized there was a greater demand than was being met for candles to satisfy large-quantity orders in a timely fashion. To fill this vacuum, they decided to manufacture candles and invested in high-tech equipment that could convert the raw material into candles and meet the global market demand.
Labor Minister Luis Miguel Decamps; the director of the Customs Agency, Eduardo Sanz Lovatón; and the director of the National Council of Free Zones, Daniel Liranzo accompanied President Abinader at the inauguration.
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Velas Hispaniola
24 February 2021