Facilities

Assela malt factory was established on the main road of Addis Ababa-Assela near Kulumsa Agricultural Research Center with 9.3-million-birr capital on 14.7 hectares of land in September 1/1984 G.C. It was established with the aim of producing and providing malt for the then existing breweries in the country. The factory was established in the region of potential malt barley producing zones namely: Arsi, Western Arsi and Bale zones. The initial capacity of the factory was 100,000 quintals per annum where as the demand of the breweries during this time was also nearest to this capacity. After the downfall of the Derg regime in 1991 and the followed free market policy, establishment of new breweries and expansion of the then existing breweries create a rising demand for malt products. In response to this growing demand, the factory went through its first expansion to increase the annual production capacity from 100,000 quintals to 150,000 quintals in December 1995 G.C. This production capacity can cover approximately 35-40 percent of the breweries demand at that time whereas the remaining 60-65 percent of the malt requirement had been fulfilled by import which exhausting the country foreign currency reserves. With the aim of satisfying domestic demand of malt, the factory had been implemented its second and third expansion projects during 2010 – 2012 to increase its production capacity from 150,000 quintals to 360,000 quintals per annum and begin its production on full capacity starting from May, 2012. The expansion project increased the production capacity of the factory by about 140% than before. Delivering quality goods and services can be a major target of any company to stay in the competitive market. In response to this the factory has been conducting different types of reforms such as Total Quality Management (TQM), Integrated Performance Measurement System (IPMS), Kaizen, Business Process Reengineering (BPR) and Management Information systems to improve its system. The implementation of these systems enabled the factory to improve its productivity and quality of its product. In 2009 E.C the factory has been certificated the ISO: 9001-2015 quality certificate with the effort was being made so far.