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The factory is found at Oromia region near Adama City at 110 Kilo Meters from Addis Ababa. Commencing production in 1954, Wonji Sugar Factory is the oldest and the pioneer in the history of Ethiopia’s sugar industry. Wonji Shoa Sugar Factory has currently a design capacity of crushing 6,250 tons of cane a day and producing 174,946 tons of sugar per annum which with further expansion work will reach up to 12,500 TCD maximizing its production to 220,700 tons of sugar a year. The new plant, when having an ethanol plant, will initially expected to have a capacity of producing 10,000 meter cube ethanol per annum and that too with further expansion will reach 12,800 meter cube a year. The Factory is currently contributing 20 megawatt electric powers to the national grid, satisfying its own demand which is around 11 megawatt. Wonji Shoa Sugar Factory is one among the five sugar factories which have become autonomous by the Council of Ministers Regulation Number 496/2022