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Michael Magoronga, Midlands Correspondent
A NEW brick moulding company, Houses for People (HFP), is set to begin operations next week in Redcliff after the purchase and set up of state-of-the-art machinery in the town.
The company is expected to employ about 30 people with the number set to increase in the long run. Company chief executive officer Mr Raymond Shumba said all is set for operations to commence.
“We purchased a state-of-the-art brick making automatic machine equipment from abroad which has the capacity of laying 50 000 standard bricks in seven hours,” he said.
The plant which sits on a 3,4 hectare piece of land, was set up at a cost of about $200 000.
“Upon my return from abroad, I teamed up with Ben and Freda and we set up the company. I managed to purchase the equipment when I was abroad. We are now raring to go,” he said.
Besides the moulding equipment, the company also has delivery trucks, fork lifters, mixers and tippers among other machinery. He said they have since drilled two boreholes to counter water challenges in Redcliff.
Mr Shumba said they were targeting to supply bricks to companies and individuals adding the company was strategically positioned.
“All our raw materials are within a radius of five kilometres. We have companies like Ziscosteel, Steelmakers, Bimco, Buchwa, Zimchem all around us for the supply of raw materials like quarry, cement, river sand and pit sand.”
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