Industry Profile Details
Industry Information
Industry Name
Awash Melkassa Chemical Factory
Industry Type
Manufacturing Industry
Branch
Central Branch Linkage Coordination Office (ማዕከላዊ ቅርንጫፍ የትስስር ማስተባበሪያ ጽ/ቤት): AASTU University
Established Date
N/A
Description
The factory is located at Awash Melkassa; East Shoa Zone, 105 km from Addis Ababa and 15 km from Adama /Nazareth/ on the way to Asela. The factory has a sales center and store at Addis Ababa; Akaki Kality Sub city, district 06, Abo Saris area. Awash Melkassa Chemical Factory; with its modern technology of manufacturing and environmentally friendly manufacturing practices, producing different types of high quality chemical products, using high quality raw materials; both from local and foreign sources. As the factory is almost covering the local market, its role in playing import substitutions is considerable. The factory contributes a substantial role for the country development and industrial growth by supplying different types of high quality chemical products for the local market. It also brings foreign currency to the country by supplying its products to some of its neighboring countries.
Detailed Industry Profile
Company General Profile
Sector: ["manufacturing"]
Company Size: medium
Region: oromia
Nearby City: Adama
Nearby University / TVET: Adama Science and Technology University
Contact Person: Ato Ahmed Motuma
Industry Resources
Technology Status: outdated
R&D Lab: No
Financial Resource: 0
IPR List: -
Certified Specializations: 0
Academia-Industry Partnership
Linkage: No
HETRIIL Plan: No
Internship Capacity: Chemical, mechanical and electrical engineering. And chemistry fields
Externship Capacity: Chemical, mechanical and electrical engineering.
Cooperative Training Capacity: The facory can give cooprate training for engineers: production and maintenance management with practical experience
Linkage Achievements: They provide the proposal to solve one of our factory problems
Industry Demand Articulation
Externship Demand: We are fully committed to engaging and supporting externship professionals.
Cooperative Training Demand: The organization requires advanced technology implementation mechanisms
Technology Gap: Aluminium sulphate and sulfuric acid control system modification
Joint Applied Research: Solid waste management practices should be strengthened, specifically for the processing of filter cake (kaolin residue) into a commercially valuable product.
Consultancy Demand: We need on: high level maintenance and DCS technology transfer. And GC analysis machine maintenance
Priority Collaboration Theme: To optimize the physical properties of our Aluminium Sulphate, the current crystallization stage requires a systematic upgrade to a rotary or spray drying system. This transition will allow for superior control over particle size distribution and eliminate the process bottlenecks associated with atmospheric crystallization.
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