BUA Group, Nigeria’s leading foods and manufacturing conglomerate, has announced the formal engagement with a Turkish firm to begin the construction of a 2,000tons/day Plaster of Paris (Gypsum Powder) production plant.
The BUA Group revealed this in a series of tweets, noting that upon completion in 2021, the new facility will bring its total installed flour milling capacity to 4,000 tons per day and will be Nigeria’s largest plaster (gypsum powder) production facility.
Speaking at the signing ceremony, the chairman of BUA, Abdul Samad Rabiu, said that the signing marked another milestone in BUA’s journey to becoming Africa’s leading manufacturing and infrastructure company. “We are pleased to sign this agreement with a world leader in Plaster manufacturing machinery, MMM Erba Makina, to build our 2,000tons per day P.O.P. gypsum powder manufacturing plant which we expect to be completed in 2022. We are confident in their expertise, quality of equipment and capacity to deliver on schedule. On completion, this plant will further deepen our involvement in the entire housing infrastructure value chain in Nigeria and the West African region.”
In his comments, Chairman of MMM Erba, Melih Baran Kilic, expressed excitement at the opportunity to work in Nigeria with BUA Group.
This will further deepen our involvement in the foods processing sector as well as help enhance food security in Nigeria and the West African region.