Tue, 12 Dec 2017 10:42:40 +0000 By Buumba Chimbulu A US$80 million tobacco industrial complex has been set up in the Lusaka South Multi-Facility Economic Zones (LS-MFEZ), bringing the total number of projects in the area to 34. The project, which has officially been launched by Roland Imperial Tobacco Limited (RITCO)will comprise of the US$30 million cigarette manufacturing plant and the US$50 million primary processing plant and green leaf threshing plant. RITCO chairperson, Ephraim Mwenda, explained that the cigarette manufacturing plant would comprise of the three separate production lines with an installed capacity of 21, 000 sticks per minute. Dr. Mwenda said yesterday at the official launch of the plant that the establishment of the industrial park would bring benefits to the country such as job creation for cigarette traders and distributors. “The second plant to be located in Zambia this industrial park is the primary processing plant, with a capacity to process 4.5 tonnes […]
