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SAFAL STEEL - Review by African Business

       Published: January 2011

The Safal group, which is a major manufacturer and supplier of flat coated steel and roofing products within sub Saharan Africa, launched an aggressive growth strategy in 2008 and one of their new plants in Cato Ridge, Kwazulu-Natal is finished. This green-fields project kicked off in May 2008 and is planned to open in April 2010.The Safal group has cold rolling mills, metal coating lines and a colour coating line in Kenya and more recently commissioned a plant in Tanzania. The Cato Ridge plant in Kwazulu-Natal was a result of a lengthy feasibility study conducted in 2006 which showed a need for an alternative steel supplier to the industry and lead to an investment of US$ 100-million. The 30 000 m2 new production facility boasts a pickling line, cold rolling mill and metal coating line for the aluminium-zinc technology and a colour coating line. Situated in Cato Ridge, the plant is central for distribution to all major regions, as well as the port for exports to Europe, central and South America, the Indian Ocean Islands and Australasia. The Safal group will also import the bulk of its raw materials from Japan.