Chinese Plastic Maker Expands with 14m Br

Zhaoxin Wang, a Chinese-owned plastics factory, completed an expansion project to produce plastic pipes that are used for fluid and gas transfer and often used to replace ageing concrete or steel main pipelines.

Located in the Eastern Industrial Zone in Dukem, some 40Km west of the capital, the expansion took two and a half months to complete and consumed 14 million Br of investment.

The final installation of the machinery was done in early December, and the company started production three weeks ago. The company produces different sizes of high-density polyethene pipes, plastic pipes that are mainly used for water supply.

Resting on 3,000sqm of land, the new plant that has a capacity of producing 700Kg of high-density polyethene pipe an hour is currently producing 600Kg of the plastic pipes an hour with machinery imported from China.

Shanghai Jwell Machinery Co. Ltd, one of plastic extrusion machinery manufacturers in China with over 20 years of experience in the field, has produced and installed the machinery.

Governmental institutions, non-governmental organisations and private contractors who are engaged in waterworks are the potential customers of the company, according to Surafel Kassahun, a salesperson at Zhaoxin Wang.

Initially, the plant created job opportunities for 25 people, but after it starts production at full capacity the number will double, according to Surafel.

The existing plant, which was built at a cost of 28 million Br, became operational in April 2019 and produces pipes for low pressure uses. Currently, the company has 180 employees.