Geza Ulole
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Kenyan firm shelves plans to revive tyre factory
SAMEER Africa Limited, the giant Kenyan tire manufacturer, has shelved plans to revive the defunct General Tyre factory.
A statement issued here over the weekend indicates that the company now wants to focus on supplying the local market with finished goods rather than invest in the dilapidated factory at Njiro.
The Country Manager for Sameer Africa Tanzania Limited, Mr Charles Kioko, admitted that his company had viable plans to revive the factory but things did not go well as expected. We tried to take over the factory about a year-and-a-half ago but our efforts hit blank wall, anyway I have written an official letter to explain everything about the failed process, he said.
He told the Acting Arusha Regional Commissioner, Mr Raymond Mushi, that there have been efforts to revive the plant but all ended up in vain. The RC had over the weekend asked the Kenyan company if it was possible for them to revive the factory, the once vibrant tire producing state-owned manufacturer which closed shop in 2009.
Sameer Group had invited the RC, who is also the District Commissioner for Arusha to the official ceremony at which the company was launching eight new sub-brands of their flagship tire trademark Yana. The newly launched brands include Yana-Monarch, Pamoja-Plus, Faida, Stallion, Jumbo, Summit and Daima.
They all cater for different work-loads, vehicles and terrains. Sameer Africa Limited, formerly under the name Firestone East Africa 1969 Ltd, was established in Kenya in 1969 as a joint venture between Firestone Tyre and Rubber Company of the USA and the Government of Kenya with the aim of producing tyres for the Kenyan and the East African market.
The corporate identity changed to Sameer Africa Limited in April 2005 after a successful renegotiation of the technical and management contract with Bridgestone Corporation Japan. This change created an independent tyre producer based in Kenya and aiming to supply the East African and the COMESA markets.
Daily News | Kenyan firm shelves plans to revive tyre factory
MY TAKE
Hivi huyu anayewauzia Wakenya makampuni ya Tanzania ana akili kweli? Hivi ni makampuni mangapi yaliyonunuliwa na Wakenya yamefungwa? Kiwanda cha maziwa Arusha, Kibo Breweries na sasa hiki General Tyre! In short Wakenya wanapigana dhidi ya competition, wananunua makampuni ili kuyafunga na kuteka masoko! Tuwe waangalifu na serikali iwanyang'anye hivyo viwanda itangaze tender upya
SAMEER Africa Limited, the giant Kenyan tire manufacturer, has shelved plans to revive the defunct General Tyre factory.
A statement issued here over the weekend indicates that the company now wants to focus on supplying the local market with finished goods rather than invest in the dilapidated factory at Njiro.
The Country Manager for Sameer Africa Tanzania Limited, Mr Charles Kioko, admitted that his company had viable plans to revive the factory but things did not go well as expected. We tried to take over the factory about a year-and-a-half ago but our efforts hit blank wall, anyway I have written an official letter to explain everything about the failed process, he said.
He told the Acting Arusha Regional Commissioner, Mr Raymond Mushi, that there have been efforts to revive the plant but all ended up in vain. The RC had over the weekend asked the Kenyan company if it was possible for them to revive the factory, the once vibrant tire producing state-owned manufacturer which closed shop in 2009.
Sameer Group had invited the RC, who is also the District Commissioner for Arusha to the official ceremony at which the company was launching eight new sub-brands of their flagship tire trademark Yana. The newly launched brands include Yana-Monarch, Pamoja-Plus, Faida, Stallion, Jumbo, Summit and Daima.
They all cater for different work-loads, vehicles and terrains. Sameer Africa Limited, formerly under the name Firestone East Africa 1969 Ltd, was established in Kenya in 1969 as a joint venture between Firestone Tyre and Rubber Company of the USA and the Government of Kenya with the aim of producing tyres for the Kenyan and the East African market.
The corporate identity changed to Sameer Africa Limited in April 2005 after a successful renegotiation of the technical and management contract with Bridgestone Corporation Japan. This change created an independent tyre producer based in Kenya and aiming to supply the East African and the COMESA markets.
Daily News | Kenyan firm shelves plans to revive tyre factory
MY TAKE
Hivi huyu anayewauzia Wakenya makampuni ya Tanzania ana akili kweli? Hivi ni makampuni mangapi yaliyonunuliwa na Wakenya yamefungwa? Kiwanda cha maziwa Arusha, Kibo Breweries na sasa hiki General Tyre! In short Wakenya wanapigana dhidi ya competition, wananunua makampuni ili kuyafunga na kuteka masoko! Tuwe waangalifu na serikali iwanyang'anye hivyo viwanda itangaze tender upya
