Jumbo tissue plant still on the cards for Gobabis

The envisaged construction of a jumbo tissue manufacturing plant, expected to produce tissue paper from recycled material, is still on the cards.Hiskia Tjatjitua, the entrepreneur behind the initiative, said work on the project is expected to start soon.Negotiations with the project's financing institutions and entities are in its final stages. Once completed, the project will continue as planned, Tjatjitua said. He wouldn't give the exact date work will start, nor would he shed light on the nature of negotiations underway. “We are negotiating terms for financing. As you know this is a huge project that would require a huge capital injection. Everything is in place for the project to kick off once the current negotiations are concluded,” he said. Employment The plant, whose construction was expected to commence in late 2016, will produce giant reels of tissue paper to be used for, amongst others, the production of toilet paper. The project was launched in August 2016 by then deputy minister of trade and industry, Tjekero Tweya.The Gobabis Municipality has already made land available on the southern outskirts of the town, along the C23 road to Leonardville. Tjatjitua, during the launch of the project, said the project is expected to employ 25 people in its initial stages. This could increase to about 400 permanent and temporary employees during the full production stages.The project will utilise recycled paper to make new paper. Through this exercise, they will not only rid the town of the excess paper which litters the town's streets, but will also contribute towards a greener Namibia by reducing waste which harms the environment. This will be the second big manufacturing plant to be set up at Gobabis in less than five years, following the establishment of the Soft Cloud toilet paper factory in late 2012. Soft Cloud is still operational. - NampaGOBABIS –

Jumbo tissue plant still on the cards for Gobabis

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