International coatings maker LANCO is advancing plans for a new paints and adhesives factory in St. Catherine. Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce Delano Seiveright met senior LANCO executives in Kingston on 16 September 2026 to talk through the steps that still sit between the proposal and a plant on the ground.
The Jamaica Information Service reported the meeting on 18 September. Seiveright said LANCO already operates in Jamaica and that the goal is to deepen that footprint through manufacturing, not only distribution. He framed the project as the kind of capital the ministry wants: new factory space, more productive capacity, and Jamaican jobs. The Jamaica Observer carried the same meeting on 19 September.
In the room for LANCO were Chief Engineering Officer Esteban Saenz, Jamaica Managing Director Alberto Perez, and Vice President Francisco Viejo. JIS says the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, JAMPRO and other agencies will help the company move through approvals, incentives and facilitation. No construction start date, site address, headcount target or capital figure has been published yet.
Seiveright pointed to Productive Inputs Relief (PIR) as one tool for qualifying manufacturers. Under PIR, companies granted Manufacturing Status can get duty-free importation of approved productive inputs, a 50 percent cut in Customs Administrative Fees, and GCT deferral on imports granted by Tax Administration Jamaica. Eligible categories include raw materials, intermediate goods, consumables, packaging, and machinery and equipment used in production, quality assurance and testing.
LANCO makes architectural and industrial coatings, adhesives, sealants and related products across several markets in the Americas and the Caribbean. Seiveright said governments in the region are competing for the same factory investments, and that Jamaica’s job is to clear bottlenecks when an investor is ready to put capital down.
What this means. A paints-and-adhesives plant in St. Catherine would add local production capacity in a category Jamaica already buys every day for housing, rebuild and industrial work. Until site, schedule and employment numbers land in public filings or a JIS follow-up, treat this as a facilitated investment conversation, not a shovel-ready factory. It sits in the same parish conversation as other manufacturers looking for larger footprints — see Rock Solid Plastics Hits Full Capacity on Drought Tank Demand.
What to do. Watch JIS, MIIC and JAMPRO for a site announcement, Manufacturing Status confirmation under PIR, and any construction or hiring timeline. Contractors and hardware distributors should note that local paint and adhesive capacity, if it lands, changes lead-time and import-mix assumptions for St. Catherine and Kingston projects — but only after the plant exists. Last fact-checked 28 September 2026.
