Lafarge launches new plant to boost local manufacturing 

Lafarge Africa Plc has officially commissioned the Freedom Plant, a state-of-the-art ReadyMix facility, located successful Lekki, Lagos.

The installation is equipped with a afloat automated batching strategy that enables seamless distant information transportation and modification, with the capableness to negociate and run the works from immoderate determination worldwide via unafraid net access. 

In alignment with Lafarge Africa’s sustainability agenda, the installation incorporates precocious features that heighten vigor efficiency, minimise emissions, and integrate the accumulation of eco-friendly products and solutions.

Speaking astatine the launch, Group Managing Director/CEO of Lafarge Africa, Lolu Alade-Akinyemi, said: “The motorboat of the Freedom Plant further increases and strengthens our committedness to ‘Building Progress for People and the Planet’.

“For us, this installation is not conscionable astir production, but astir expanding the frontiers of innovation and sustainability successful our operations, gathering Nigeria’s increasing request locally, and empowering our radical done occupation instauration and skills development.

“With this further works to our Readymix operations, Lafarge Africa has a wide strategy arsenic a task enabler, driving prime and innovation guardant and gathering the increasing demands of our customers.”

In his remarks, Head of Aggregates and ReadyMix astatine Lafarge Africa, Derek Williamson, highlighted the strategical value of the works successful strengthening the company’s footprint successful Lagos. “This improvement complements our concern hold strategy crossed the country. Currently, we person footprints successful Abuja, Port Harcourt and Lagos.

“With an accrued capableness of 3 silos which allows the installation to clasp capable cementitious worldly for much than 2 days of operations, Freedom Plant volition importantly boost our accumulation volumes, amended lawsuit service, and guarantee merchandise availability to conscionable the rising request successful Nigeria’s fast-growing economy. 

“It would besides alteration america to proviso our recently launched EcoCrete worldly on with the afloat scope of ReadyMix products and Value Added Solutions successful our portfolio,” helium stated.

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