TANGA CEMENT PLC LAUNCHES A NEW PRODUCT – MKOMBOZI CEMENT – 32.5N

Tanga Cement PLC National Sales Manager, Leslie Massawe (second right), and some of TCPLC senior officials, displaying a bag of the just launched Mkombozi cement in Dar es Salaam yesterday. Others from left; Export Manager, Dhruv Sikh, Business Analyst, Godsave Robinson, Commercial Manager, Mattheus Roos and company’s Communications and External Affairs Manager, Mtanga Noor.

Tanga cement public limited company (TCPLC), one of the leading cement producer in East Africa, has launched a premium quality cement product, MKOMBOZI -‘SIMENTI YA MWENDOKASI’ which will facilitates rapid development of housing and infrastructure projects. 

With the consumption of cement per capita in Tanzania estimated to be below 70 kgs per person compared to the global average of 513 kgs per person (June 2015, source - bloomberg): there is still huge demand for cement to cater for the increasing  infrastructure projects in the country.

“Understanding the significance of having sophisticated cement brands that best suit  local practices of building houses in both urban, TCPLC has thus launched a new brand dubbed MKOMBOZI,” TCPLC’s National Sales Manager Leslie Massawe said during the launch of the product.

He said that  Tanga Cement’s new cement brand is yet another step by the company to approach Tanzanians with an innovative product that is affordable to the people yet with an assured high quality product and technological superiority that has been the trademark of TCPLC.

MKOMBOZI, a 32.5N cement class, is an affordable product, aimed at meeting the construction needs for Tanzanians in infrastructure and residential housing in particular. 

It is an all-purpose cement meant for various construction activities. 

The Company

Having achieved highest international cement standards, Tanga Cement PLC (a part of world renowned South African conglomerate  – Afrisam) has been supplying the East African markets with high quality consistent products since 1980, the company’s ISO 9001 and 14001 quality management certification, is testament to its commitment to maintain very robust processes to monitor and control quality of its products with excellent environmental performance.

The company has grown dynamically over the past 3 decades, establishing significant footprints across the country as well as other East African markets, notably, Rwanda and Burundi. Through its strategic growth and plant modernization program over the years, the company has recently inaugurated an additional clinker production that has increased its capacity from 500,000 tons  to  1.25million  tons  of  clinker  per  annum.  Cement  production  capacity stands at 1.25 million tons per annum.

 Tanga Cement’s shares trades at the DSE under the name of TCCL with more that eleven thousand shareholders.

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