MODERN BUILDING INDUSTRIES PLC (MBI)


Phone +251 113 72 05 55
Phone 2 +251 113 71 33 54
Phone 3 +251 113 70 54 06
Fax +251 11 371 29 24
Mobile +251 911 20 72 34
Mobile 2 +251 911 23 03 40
Mobile 3 +251 911 83 66 81
Business Type Private
LocationAddis Ababa, Ethiopia
Primary CategoryPaints
MODERN BUILDING INDUSTRIES PLC (MBI)

Modern building industries PLC (MBI), a member of the MIDROC Ethiopia technology group, is engaged in the production and marketing of different types of paints, non metallic filler materials, concrete blocks and tiles, plastic floor tiles and glue products in Ethiopia.

1. ACTIVITIES /BUSINESS PURPOSE

  • Establish and operate industrial mineral- based plants related to cement and cement products, ceramics, paints, sanitary ware, adhesives, glues, plastic rubber, terrazzo tiles, cultured marble for domestic, commercial and industrial applications.
  • Engage in establishing and operating quarries and mineral processing plants

2. COMPANY’S MANAGEMENT

  • Sheik Mohammed Hussein Ali Al-Amoudi is the chairman and owner.
  • Dr. Arega yirdaw is the chief Executive officer.
  • Ato yidnekachew mekonnen is the general manager.

3. COMPANY’S PRODUCTS

A. PAINTS

The paint factory manufactures different types of decorative and protective paints for construction, automotive and industrial applications. The factory uses imported and locally-based raw materials for its paint products.

Major paint products

  •  Wall paints: DIL-mica, DIL-super and DIL-Wubet.
  • Synthetic paints: DIL-Enamel, DIL-Aluminum/Silver, DIL-Automotive paint and DIL-Hammer finish.
  • Primers: DIL-Metal-Primer, DIL-zinc-chromate.
  • Wood Paints: DIL-Alkyd Varnish, DIL-Polyurethane varnish, DIL-Furniture Lacquer, and DIL-Sanding Sealer.
  • Textured paints: DIL-QUARTZ Graffiti, DIL-MINERAL Paints.
  • Other paints: DIL-Black board Paints, DIL-Traffic Paints, DIL-Glue, DIL-Cement paints and NC-Leather Paints.
  • Other paints: DIL-Black board Paints, DIL-Traffic Paints, DIL-Glue, DIL-Cement paints and NC-leather paints.

Having qualified and experienced experts in paints technology, the factory’s performance has been superb; in recognition of which it has received an international platinum Awards.

In addition certification of appreciation from Ethiopian Quality Award organization /EQA/ has shown encouraging effort and commitment in promoting organizational excellence.

B. FILLERS

Fillers are generally inert substances which improve a product’s specific gravity, hardness, brittleness, strength in impact and compression, resistant to heat, electrical and heat conductivity, smoothness of surface, color, transparency and other properties.
The plant is specialized in the production of fillers from non-metallic minerals; ceramics, plastics, cultured marble, stucco, terrazzo tiles, putty, adhesives etc.

C. MBI QUARTZ FLOOR TILES

MBI produces high performance, heavy duty, semi-flexible, 70% quartz reinforced floor tiles in its state-of-the-art manufacturing plant located at Dukem and Supply the local as well as the overseas markets with the product.The floor tiles are available in:

Color

Thickness

Size

23 dynamic colors

1.6 mm

2 mm

2.5 mm

3.2 mm

300x300 mm

300x600 mm

600x600 mm

  Quartz floor tiles are highly durable, hard- wearing, extremely versatile and ideal for commercial, industrial, and domestic applications. It can be laid in airports, government buildings, office buildings, hospitals, schools, supermarkets, warehouse, retail outlets and domestic interiors.

MBI Quartz floor tiles are also recommended and guaranteed for areas requiring the yse of forklift trucks, pallet trucks and other wheeled traffic.

D. CONCRETE BLOCKS & TILES    

Different types of products are manufactured under concrete block and tiles operation to meet the growing needs of the building construction industry. Products under this category include hydraform blocks, concrete floor(pavement) tiles, terrazzo tiles, roof tiles and cultured marble. These products are available in various sizes patterns and designs.

The factory mainly uses local raw materials for the manufacturing of the above products

4. OPERATION, MACHINERY AND PRODUCTION CAPACITY

The main office of MBI is located in addis ababa, nifas silk lafto sub city at mechare meda. The paint factory, the quartz floor tiles factory and the concrete blocks and tiles factories are located at akaki whereas the filler plant is found in awash.

MBI’s awash filler plant is the first of its kind in Ethiopia. It owns a range of modern machinery imported from Germany and Jordan. Equipped with highly automated machinery, the filler plant can supply its micronized products in fineness of 10 micron, 15 micron, 20 micron, 45 micron, 63 micron and 90 micron. At full scale production in three shifts, the plant has an annual capacity of 20,000 tons.

MBI’s paints factory produces 16,000 liters of different types of quality Dil paints per day, in a single shift.
MBi,s quartz floor tiles factory produces 800,000 m2 of quartz floor tile per year in three shifts.

 

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