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Company Profile

DJ’s roots began in 1995 when Jeffery Fifi started servicing compressors at his house. Soon enough Desmond Cozier & Lenny Reverend also joined Jeffery. The next year the three of them incorporated the company. That same year DJ Compressor acquired the Champion compressor franchise. Also acquired was Independent Components. Eventually they opened the businesses in its first location, a former pub on Church St. in St. James.

It was there that Desmond handled the Accounting, Lenny controlled the Spare Parts and Jeffery worked the Service and Sales. Those were lean times, so much so that they didn’t have a pick up truck. So, Jeffery removed the back seat from his Nissan Sunny to give him the room needed to transport tools and equipment.

A couple of years later in 1998 DJ acquired the Sullivan/Palatek line of Industrial and Portable compressors. Again those were lean times; in fact the first 2 units sold were to St. Vincent. They were a diesel compressor and an electric compressor. New employees were added to the staff, Rene Belmontes and Rupert Young joined. The main types of companies that DJ Compressor sold and serviced were mainly tire garages, wheel alignment shops and automotive shops. Eventually they began expanding by selling units to be used on offshore platforms such as Eagle One and Mora platforms. Then eventually on to Powergen, NP and WASA to name a few.

In 2002 Jeffery was able to buy out Lenny and Desmond, as each was ready to pass on the business. Shortly after this Jeffery moved the office to its present location at #99 Boundary Rd, San Juan. This move was intentional to bring us closer to the factories in the east west corridor and central Trinidad. During this time our foreign sales increased with units being sold and serviced in Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and Guyana. The following year Derrick O’Kieffe joined DJ Compressor to increase our Service Department team.

Further additions to staff were made in 2006, Adelaide Thompson joined to support the administrative and accounting needs of DJ Compressor. In July 2006 DJ Compressor, was made part of the Tropical Power Group of companies. Such a move was welcomed as the combined resources and experience would be used to enhance our reliable brands, top notch service and sales into the choice for compressed air in Trinidad and Tobago.

In 2007 Damian de Gannes joined as General Manger in June. Shortly followed by Alvin Sookraj who joined our capable and mobile Service Department. This move will enable all involved to take DJ Compressor to become the top supplier of compressed air requirement in Trinidad & Tobago.