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Delta Beverages ups production capacity

  1. Posted on Monday 11 October 2010 - 15:20
    ronny zikhali
    by Roony Zikhali

    ZIMBABWE’S beverage manufacturer,DELTA Beverages is installing a state-of-the-art automatic boiler worth about US$650 000 at its Belmont plant in Bulawayo, an official said.
    Delta Corporation general manager for corporate affairs, Mr George Mutendadzamera said the installation of the automatic boiler was a move aimed at improving efficiency in the line of production as well as to increase capacity to meet market demands.
    “The installation of the boiler is currently in progress at the Belmont Plant and hopefully it will be finished by end of October this year. The buying and installation of the boiler will bring the total cost to $650 000.
    “If the installation process is completed by end of October we expect the machine to start operating by early November. It’s expected to be ten percent more efficient than the conventional boilers. The investments will result in improved efficiencies and will lead to increased capacity to meet customer demand,” Mr Mutendadzamera said.
    The new automatic boiler has the capacity to produce 14 tonnes of steam per hour. Its installation is part of the company’s aggressive recapitalisation programme, which has seen it investing in new bottling lines, refurbishing old equipment, upgrading the canning line in Harare as well as injecting new glass.
    Two months ago, the company installed a new polyethylene terephthatlate line - known by its acronym PET – that has the capacity to produce 15 000 bottles with a volume of 500 millilitres each, every hour. The bottle-line was installed at its Graniteside industrial area plant in Harare.
    Through its beverages division, the company also managed to commission a new bottling plant worth some US$12 million at its Southerton brewery late last year. This was one of the most significant investments by a local company since the announcement of new economic policy changes in the country at the beginning of 2009.
    “This is the first one to be placed at Belmont plant. Harare does not have one as of yet. The demands of each business centre determine the investments to be made in that,” Mr Mutendadzamera said.

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