The expansion work being done on Finchaa Sugar Factory, Ethiopia at an estimated cost of 500 million birr is expected to be finalized this fiscal year.
The expansion project is 86% complete with 80% of the canals and side roads and 30% of the road network completed according to Kumelachew Abebe, Communications and Public Relations Process Owner with the Ethiopian Water Works Construction Enterprise.
Add a comment Add a commentTikur Abay Shoes Share Company commenced trial production of ‘safety shoes’ designed for industrial wear as of last month.
The manufacturer installed new machinery from German Company, DESMA at a cost of 1.1 million US dollars.
Tikur Abay had floated the international bid for the supply of the machinery required to the manufacture the safety shoes in 2009.
Add a comment Add a commentArtmetal is expanding into the production of machine tools and local ferric finished products to fill a perceived need in the market in Ethiopia according to Seid Hassen, General Manager of Artmetal parent company, Wide Business plc.
Artmetal was previously engaged in just the import of iron which costs much less than importing finished machine tools he said.
The Artmetal Supply and Ferric Processing and Engineering Factory in Alem Gena was expanded at a cost of 18 million birr to increase its production capacity to 600 cubic meters of ferric products monthly.
Add a comment Add a commentA study conducted by the Common Market of Eastern and Southern revealed that Ethiopia’s manufacturing secure is not yet
ready to be competitive internationally and is showing little sign of improvement.
The study was commissioned by the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development and financed by the COMESA secretariat.
Problems noted by the study include slow productivity, high production costs, shortage and low quality of raw materials, shortage in foreign exchange, lack of skilled manpower, and frequent power interruptions.
Add a comment Add a commentMoha Soft Drinks, producer of Pepsi products in Ethiopia, is set to extract 300,000 liters of ground water every day from a well 
drilled on the premises of its plant in the Teklehaymanot area of Addis Ababa.
The plant, which produced 17,000 cases of soft drinks per day, had stopped production over the past month due to water shortages, creating a scarcity of Pepsi products on the local market.
The shortage in Pepsi products has affected consumers in Addis Ababa and surrounding areas according to retailers.
Add a comment Add a commentThe Awash Melkasa Aluminum Sulfate and Sulfuric Acid Factory announced plans to establish a hydrogen peroxide factory in Ethiopia.
The hydrogen peroxide factory, which will begin construction soon will cost an estimated 155 million birr according to Admasu Tabaeto, Production and Technical Support Process Owner with Awash Melkasa.
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