Gifty Ohene Konadu (middle) inspecting the project site at Tanoso in the company of other officials
The National Coordinator of the One-District-One-Factory Secretariat (1D1F), Gifty Ohene Konadu, has lauded the leadership of Kasapreko Company Limited for taking steps to establish a subsidiary production unit at Tanoso in the Ashanti Region to meet the needs of its clients in the area.
She said the project would open up Tanoso, located in the Atwima Nwabiagya District to the rest of the world and also create employment for locals in the community when it becomes operational.
Addressing some government officials, management of Kasapreko Company and a section of workers before the inspection of the project site Friday, Ms Konadu extolled Dr. Kwabena Adjei, Group Chairman of Kasapreko, for foreseeing the growth of the company from humble beginnings.
Kasapreko employs about 537 people and has sales outlets across the country.
“I conducted a search on the prospects of the project. I also engaged some political colleagues in Ashanti Region to do same. I must say the results look promising, and it is my hope that Dr. Kwabena Adjei and his team will help us achieve 1D1F in Tanoso and its objective of creating jobs for the teeming masses,” she underscored.
The 1D1F National Coordinator disclosed that the project would create employment and provide foreign exchange earnings to increase the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
She, therefore, urged the employees to remain committed and give off their best for the growth and sustenance of the company.
Commenting on the initiative, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Kasapreko Company Limited, Richard Adjei, revealed that the company has been operating for 30 years and is ready to set up its subsidiary production unit in Tanoso to meet the growing demands of its clientele in the northern sector of the country.
The project is expected to create over 3,000 direct and indirect jobs to the jobless living in Tanoso and its environs.
A Senior Technical Officer of the company, who led the team to tour the construction site of the factory, said the factory would be sited on a 10,000m2 land with three production lines installed to produce 85,000 bottles per hour of 20 different products.
The factory, he added, would package about 7,000 products per hour.
He also indicated that the ultramodern factory would be completed by August 2019 for production to start in September 2019.