Bole Lemi, Dire Dawa Industrial Parks Welcome Investors

Oct 23 , 2021


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Elauto Engineering and Trade Plc, a vehicle assembler, and Dimitrius Kampouris Plc, a textile manufacturer from Greece, have signed agreements with the Industrial Parks Development Corporation (IPDC) to secure land in the Bole Lemi and Dire Dawa industrial parks. The agreements were signed in the presence of Sandokan Debebe, head of the IPDC, Bekele Abebe, CEO of Elauto, and Dimitrius Kampouris, general manager of Dimitrius Kampouris Plc. Elauto has secured 1.8ht of land in Dire Dawa Industrial Park with a total investment of 700 million Br. The Greece-based textile manufacturer plans to begin production next year on 1.8ht of land at Bole Lemi Industrial Park. Bole Lemi became operational in 2014, Dire Dawa followed six years later.


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