Published 14 June 2017
Harowe Servo St. Kitts plant expansion begins
BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, JUNE 14TH 2017 – Expansion of Harowe Servo API in Sandy Point has begun.
It was in February 2014 that then General Manager and Head of Global Operations at API’s World Headquarters in New York, Mr. Kevin Heffler first made the announcement of the expansion during a visit to the plant at Bourkes Eastate, by the Right Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas, who was serving as prime minister of St. Kitts and Nevis.
Mr. Heffler who met with Dr. Douglas informed of the decision to construct an additional 5,000 square feet of manufacturing space with a two-story facility – 2,500 square feet on the first floor and an additional 2,500 square feet on the second floor at an initial cost of EC$250,000.
“It was a fantastic tour meeting and it is a fantastic partnership between our company and the St. Kitts government for us to continue to move forward with our building expansion,” said Heffler in an interview with the Communications Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister (CUOPM).
Mr. Heffler described the planned expansion as a “good day for St. Kitts and it is good day for Sandy Point as we get started on the movement of this building expansion to bring more employment to our area.”
“We are making a capital investment of at least EC$250 thousand dollars to put in all the infrastructure in our facility including for electrical and air conditioning and give us the opportunity for us to expand into new markets that we have identified,” Mr. Heffler added.
He said “the skilled work force here in St. Kitts is ready and prepared to be able to build the products to meet the customer demand that we have in the market.”
“So we see a great opportunity for us to make that investment. That investment will return itself over the next several years as we continue to grow that business for years to come,” said Mr. Heffler.
“We are expecting to add somewhere in the vicinity of 30 to 40 additional associates in our facility,” said Mr. Heffler earlier.
Since 2009, the workforce at Harowe Servo has grown by 27% and stood at 214 in February 2014.
The company manufactures resolver technology that is used in motors.
“We have a motors manufacturing building as well and we also do magnetic components which are called inductors. Those are passive electronic components and those are the three major product lines that we have and that we manufacture here in St. Kitts,” said Mr. Heffler, who added that the new space will add more capacity for the existing products.
Photo 1 – Construction going on at API Harowe Servo
Photo 2 – (left to right) – Then General Manager and Head of Global Operations at API’s World Headquarters, Mr. Kevin Heffler; the St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister the Right Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas and Plant Manager, Mr. Carol Evelyn tour the Harowe Servo Plant in Sandy Point, St. Kitts.
Photo 3 – Then St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister the Right Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas on a tour of the Harowe Servo Plant in Sandy Point, St. Kitts.
