TIMELINE

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.    

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

CONTINENTAL GROUP OPENED A NEW AND MODERNISED TORGINOL PAINT FACTORY.

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

50th Anniversary

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

INSTALLATION OF WASTE WATER CLARIFICATION SYSTEM

INSTALLATION OF AN AUTOMATIC BAG OPENING MACHINE/PRODUCT RECLAIM SYSTEM

UPGRADED TO MULTIPLE FULLY COMPUTERIZED SEMI-AUTOMATIC FILLING LINES

INCREASED PLANT CAPACITY WITH THE INSTALLATION OF A HIGH SPEED DISPERSER

60th Anniversary