Aluminium plant set to boost Kenya¡¯s manufacturing sector

Africa’s largest aluminium can manufacturer, GZ Industries is set to establish a plant in Kenya to grow the country’s manufacturing industry, officials said on Tuesday.

The 100 million U.S. dollar GZI facility will be located on a 50 acre plot near Nairobi strategically well placed for the local beer and beverage industry and will start supply to the local market in early 2015.

“Fueled by the demands of our customers and in line with the country’s vision 2030 of an industrialized economy, we mark our entry to the Kenya as a way of contributing to the growth of the manufacturing sector,” said the GZI’s CEO, Motti Goldmintz said in a statement issued in Nairobi.

Goldmintz said the plant, with an annual production capacity of 1.2 billion cans per year, will follow GZI’s successful model in Nigeria and will receive support from its shareholders whom are active widely across the region.

The plant will also generate new exports of its own, catering principally for the Kenyan market but also for the growing demand from the other regional markets, including Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Rwanda and Burundi.

The move to invest in an aluminium can line follows a significant upturn in Kenya’s canned beverages market during the past two years and continuous demand from Kenya.

Total annual production of sodas in the Kenyan market is reaching new highs, with a record 371.4 million litres in 2011.

Aluminium can packaging has also been growing in the beer market as imported canned beer and soft drinks claim the interest of up-market drinks buyers.

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