• About Benjamins
  In the 1870s, Percival Austin Benjamin, a young Jamaican, parlayed his keen interest in the popular Jamaican practice of using bush teas, herbal medicines and self-medication into what is the oldest drug manufacturing company in Jamaica.
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P.A. Benjamin is an ISO recognized entity, which has achieved the status of being the oldest drug manufacturing company in Jamaica having celebrated its 125th anniversary in 2004. Benjamins a privately held company, having been acquired from the ICD Group in 2000,has established an international reputation over the years and lives true to its adage "A trusted name for over a century".

Benjamins is an ISO recognized entity, having achieved this status in recognition of the company's adherence to known international management standards, in the manufacturing of products for the market.

A truly diversified company, P.A. Benjamin, is manufacturers of high quality Pharmaceuticals, Personal Care, Cough and Colds, Infant Care, Flavourings and Colourings , Savouries, Bath and Body care products under the Body Collections brand and household cleaning and laundry products under the Big Ben brand. All products manufactured at the Company's factory are made to conform to British Pharmacopoeia Standards (BSP), United States Pharmacopoeia Standards (USP) and in house standards. PAB has an established laboratory capable of performing microbiological analytical tests, and currently conducts approximately 80% of product testing activity in-house.

The Benjamins brands are currently marketed in over twenty countries, including North America, Canada, United Kingdom and the Caribbean and export sales now account for approximately 25% of total sales. Increased emphasis has been placed on the export potential for Benjamins products.

Benjamin has focused much of its energies on the development of new products to complement several of the already established products, and also to venture into new product areas in synergy with the company's capabilities. To this end the company has recently added Jerk Seasoning and Jerk Barbecue Sauce, and also expanded the Flavouring line to include Cinnamon Extract, Nutmeg Extract, Anise Extract, Banana Flavouring and a liquid Mixed Spice.