TIMELINE

Preloader
  • EARLY 1950s

    EARLY 1950s

    YOUNG SWARN KUMAR PURI (S.K.PURI) LEFT DELHI, INDIA AND ARRIVED IN ENGLAND. IMPRESSED BY THE GUYANESE HOSPITALITY WHILE SELLING GOODS FROM ENGLAND, HE DECIDED TO SETTLE IN GEORGETOWN.    

  • 1956

    1956

    S.K.PURI STARTED TRADING UNDER THE NAME OF ‘CONTINENTAL AGENCIES’, IMPORTING A VARIETY OF CONSUMER GOODS INCLUDING SUGAR CONFECTIONARY.  

  • 1960

    1960

    PREM KUMAR PURI, SWARN’S BROTHER, JOINED THE COMPANY.  

  • 1960

    1960

    CONTINENTAL CONSTRUCTED ITS FIRST FACTORY, CONFECTIONARY (GUYANA) LTD. AND STARTED MANUFACTURING HARD BOILED SWEETS.  

  • JULY 1960

    JULY 1960

    TORGINOL (GUYANA) LTD WAS REGISTERED AND STARTED PRODUCTION IN A SMALL AREA RENTED FROM ITS SISTER COMPANY CONFECTIONARY (GUYANA) LTD.

  • 1966

    1966

    GAVIN KENNARD: MINISTER OF ARGICULTURE, H.R.H QUEEN ELIZABETH II, DUKE OF EDINBURGH, S.K.PURI, CECIL GREENE: MANAGER OF CONFECTIONARY, AND LEWIS SINGH: MANAGER TORGINOL PAINTS.

  • 1967

    1967

    CONTINENTAL INDUSTRIES LTD COMMENCED PRODUCTION OF WHITE AND BROWN GROCERY BAGS AND THE MANUFACTURING OF CURRY POWDER AND BAKING POWDER. INVOLVED IN REAL ESTATE, CONTINENTAL ENTERPRISE LIMITED OWNED SEVERAL SITES IN AND AROUND GEORGETOWN AND DEVELOPED CONTINENTAL PARK, PHASE I IN EAST BANK DEMERARA.

  • 1992

    1992

    CONTINENTAL GROUP OPENED A NEW AND MODERNISED TORGINOL PAINT FACTORY.

  • 1994

    1994

    CONTINENTAL GROUP INTRODUCED GUYANA’S FIRST JUICE CANNING PLANT, CONTINENTAL FOODS INC., AND STARTED PRODUCTION OF SUNBURST ORANGE JUICE.

  • 2010

    2010

    50th Anniversary

  • 2012

    2012

    INSTALLATION OF A BAIL-O-MATIC MACHINE FOR METAL HANDLES

  • 2015

    2015

    INSTALLATION OF WASTE WATER CLARIFICATION SYSTEM

  • 2016

    2016

    INSTALLATION OF AN AUTOMATIC BAG OPENING MACHINE/PRODUCT RECLAIM SYSTEM

  • 2018

    2018

    UPGRADED TO MULTIPLE FULLY COMPUTERIZED SEMI-AUTOMATIC FILLING LINES

  • 2019

    2019

    INCREASED PLANT CAPACITY WITH THE INSTALLATION OF A HIGH SPEED DISPERSER

  • 2020

    2020

    60th Anniversary