Holland Car plc, Ethiopia delivered 48 pre-ordered automobiles to its clients last week. The car assembly company has been in constant legal wrangling with customers for delivery delays.

The 48 new cars delivered by the company to its clients are powered by a Variable Valve Timing engine which controls the opening and closing time of the intake values as the engine works under different conditions enhancing the power performance of the vehicle as well as lowering its fuel consumption said Engineer Haileleul Tadesse, General Manager of the Assembly Plant.

A Sugar development project is in progress in Tigray Regional State, Ethiopia according to Abaye Tsehaye, Director General of the Ethiopian Sugar Corporation.

More than 40,000 hectares of land has been allocated for a sugarcane plantation, with 10,000 earmarked for the construction of a sugar factory with quarters for employees explained Abaye.

The factory is expected to create employment for 10,000 people as well as enhancing the irrigation development in the area he said.