Agostini's

AGOSTINI'S LIMITED

Agostini’s Limited and its various subsidiaries offer value added Products and Services within the Distribution, Retail, Manufacturing and Construction Sectors in Trinidad and Tobago. The Group distributes Pharmaceuticals, Food, Beverages, Household, Imaging, Lighting, Printing, Oilfield and Hydraulic Products, as well as Tools and Fastening Systems and Building Materials. In addition the Company has retail stores specializing in decorative lighting and paints mixed to order. They have also been involved in the provisioning of interior construction services for the past 50 years.

COMPANY MILESTONES

The following highlights the Company’s growth and changes since inception: 

1925

Johnnie Agostini begins operations as a commission indent business. 

1933

Victor Agostini joins and Agostini Brothers partnership is formed. In 1941 another brother, Frank, joins the Firm. 

1943

Agostini Brothers becomes a limited liability company. 

1950

Agostini Brothers transitions from a commission indent business to a distribution company, with the addition of major pharmaceutical, food and hardware products. 

1965

Interior contracting services are added as a new business. 

1982

 Agostini Brothers changes its name to Agostini’s Ltd. and becomes a public company listed on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange. 

1984

Hilti W.L. Yearwood is acquired, later to become Agostini’s Fastening Systems (now a division of Agostini Building Solutions). 

1993

Gordon Grant Trading, a distribution company specialising in pharmaceutical distribution, is acquired. Agostini’s pharmaceutical lines are merged into this company, which is renamed Agostini Pharmaceutical Ltd. 

1995

Agostini’s acquires a majority shareholding in Rosco Sales Ltd., an oilfield supply company founded in 1950. 

2000

Agostini Industries: The Group expands into low-cost housing and townhouse construction, and constructs 30 townhouses and over 300 low-cost single family homes (assets divested in 2010). 

2000

Petroavance Trinidad Ltd., an oilfield supply company, is acquired and merged with Rosco Sales to become Rosco Petroavance Ltd. 

2008

Hand Arnold Trinidad Ltd., a large diversified FMCG distributor established in 1920, is acquired. In July 2015, it becomes part of Caribbean Distribution Partners Ltd. 

2010

Victor E. Mouttet Ltd. acquires a controlling interest in Agostini’s Ltd. with its sale of Smith Robertson & Co. Ltd., a major pharmaceutical distributor founded in 1894, and the acquisition of SuperPharm Ltd., a major retail pharmacy chain, which began operations in 2005. 

2011

In July 2011, Agostini Pharmaceutical is amalgamated into Smith Robertson & Company Ltd. 

2012

Agostini’s Ltd. re-branded “Every Business a Benchmark” 

2015

Caribbean Distribution Partners Ltd., formed as a joint venture with Goddard Enterprises Ltd. 

2016

Acquisition of Vemco Ltd. by Caribbean Distribution Partners Ltd. 

2016

Agostini Marketing becomes Agostini Building Solutions. 

2016

Acquisition of Pepsi Cola Trinidad Bottling Co. Ltd. by Caribbean Distribution Partners Ltd.