Dangote Packaging Limited Launches State-Of-The-Art Machinery To Boost Production

The Dangote Packaging Limited (DPL) in a significant step to enhance its production capabilities has commissioned some state-of-the-art machinery.

At the commissioning of the machinery on Wednesday, the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of DPL, Mr. Sai Prakash, highlighted the salient features of the new machinery and described them as the latest “state of the art” technology.

Prakash disclosed that the introduction of these machinery is a major accomplishment and would contribute to improved productivity and improved quality of the bags being produced from Obajana Plant.

The Group Managing-Director, Dangote Cement Plc, Mr. Arvind Pathak, expressed his delight on the new installation, stressing that there have been significant changes over the years since the inception of cement bags production and that the newly acquired technologies would bridge the gaps identified in the production of quality bags.

Also speaking, Chief Manufacturing Officer, Dangote Cement Plc, Mr. Sunil Mahajan and the Director, Operations, Nigeria, Dangote Cement Plc, Mr. Anandam Duraisamy, who attended the commissioning expressed the hope that good progress would be achieved in the coming days with respect to production quantities and quality of the cement bags.

On his part the Plant Director, Obajana Dangote Cement Plc. Engr Azad Nawabuddin expressed his confidence that this new machinery will considerably improve the DPL and DCP operations and restated the DCP Obajana’s continued support to DPL operations in every way possible.

Earlier in his welcome address, the General-Manager, Dangote Packaging Limited, Obajana Plant, Mr. Peter Dickson, said, “today, we stand at the edge of a new era, an era where we are poised to achieve greater heights with the help of this cutting-edge technology.

“As we commission this machinery, let us also look ahead to the possibilities it unlocks. With this new technology, we are not just investing in a machine but investing in our future as a manufacturer of high-quality polypropylene laminated sacks.”

Dickson affirmed that the machineries are of high speed, innovative and advanced technology.