The British owned Pittards PLC announced that it has been making preparations to boost its production capacity by threefold.
Pittards Project Manufacturing General Manager,Tsedenia Mekbib, told ENA that Pittards entered the Ethiopian market in 2011 by purchasing the government owned Ethiopian Leather Company.
The factory secured 4 million USD last year by exporting 100,000 pairs of gloves, she said.
Pittards plans to increase its production by three fold in the coming two years, it was indicated.
The factory, which produces industrial and fashionable gloves,leathergarments and jackets, is working to increase the nation’sforeign currency earning income
by 60 percent, according to Tsedenia.
The factory that had 80 employees three years ago has now 700 workers; and it is striving to increase the number of its employees to 1, 500, the General Manager said.
[ENA]
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