Shayona Cement Company says its production has tripled after the first phase of installation of a new manufacturing plant at its Kasungu factory.
The cement manufacturing company says the plant, which was producing some 4 000 bags of cement a day, is producing 13 000 bags [of 50 kilogrammes] and that once the second phase of installing the new plant is over in 2016, it will be producing over 24 000 bags a day.
Speaking after the company held a social corporate day, human resources and administration manager Austin Mvula said the new infrastructure investment at the factory, apart from the plant, include cement silos currently housing 60 000 bags.
“The new plant has a packing installation which has helped us triple our production per day,” he said.
Mvula said the company organised a corporate day to showcase infrastructure developments at the plant to its customers and also provide a platform for networking with the various trading companies.
He said the company organised the event to inform their customers on some activities it was undertaking as part of its social corporate responsibility, including a K50 million primary school project, already constructed clinic and police stations.
During the event, several customers toured the new plant which is still under construction and the social corporate responsibility projects.
