Caption: BUA Group chairman, Abdul Samad Rabiu signing the agreement with MMM Erba Makina of Turkey for Nigeria’s largest P.O.P (gypsum powder) manufacturing plant with a capacity of 2000tons per day.
BUA Group, a leading African industrial giant on Monday said it has entered into an agreement for the construction of a 2,000tons/day Plaster of Paris(Gypsum Powder) production plant with MMM Erba Makina of Turkey – one of the world’s leading equipment suppliers for plaster production.
According to a statement by the group with significant assets and business interests in cement manufacturing, construction, real estate, quarrying, and mining, amongst others, the plant billed for completion in 2022, will be Nigeria’s largest plaster (gypsum powder) production facility.
Speaking at the signing ceremony, Abdul Samad Rabiu, Chairman of BUA, said the occasion marked another milestone in BUA’s journey to becoming Africa’s leading manufacturing and infrastructure company.
He expressed pleasure at signing “this agreement with a world leader in Plastermanufacturing machinery, MMM Erba Makina, to build our 2,000tons per day P.O.P. gypsum powder manufacturing plant which we expect to be completed in 2022.
“We are confident in their expertise, quality of equipment, and capacity to deliver on schedule. On completion, this plant will further deepen our involvement in the entire housing infrastructure value chain in Nigeria and the West African region,” he stressed.
Commenting also on the deal, Melih Baran Kilic, Chairman of MMM Erba expressed excitement at the opportunity to work in Nigeria with BUA Group.
“We intend to bring our wealth of experience in delivering some of the world’s best plaster plants to bring this project to completion on schedule,” he assured.
