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The East African Portland Cement Company will double its production capacity in under a year to take the full advantage of an increased cement demand caused by a rapidly growing building and construction industry.
In the meantime, says Mr Caleb Kapten, the company’s General Manager-Commercial, the company had cut down on its exports so as to sell more in the local market. “We have been under immense pressure from customers who have been asking for more and more supplies to the extent that we had to cut down on our exports by half,” he told journalists in an interview.
Saying that the regional demand for the company’s Blue Triangle brand was equally huge, Mr Kapten explained that the company had to give priority to its local customers.
The company’s plan to boost its capacity would place it on a strong stead to fully service its local market share and export in the region. He adds: “We anticipated this growth since early last year, but from our installed capacity, we knew it was not going to be possible to match the growing demand with production. We therefore came up with strategies of coping with the trend.”
Speaking separately, Mr Alex Mutisya, the General Manager-Works, said the company would refocus on the export market after a new plant is installed by October next year.
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