New forest product plant owned by Komaza Forestry Limited to be unveilled in Kilifi[Photo: Courtesy]An ultra modern timber processing plant is set to be unveiled in Kilifi County on May 2nd , 2019.Komaza Forestry Limited in a statement availed to Standard on Saturday said that the new Copper Chromium Asernate (CCA) a South African Pressure Treatment for wood that gives poles up to 40 years of life (what is used to treat electricity poles). Komaza Forestry Limited Founder and CEO , Mr Tevis Howard said that Kilifi Governor ,Mr Amason Jeffah Kingi will preside over the launch event. '' ''Komaza’s investments in smallholder forestry and entire value chain development has led to increased forest cover in the coast region with over 14,000 farm forestry players and 4,000 Haplanted by end of long rains 2018,'' he said. ''We have created jobs for over 400 employees and raised millions of dollars in foreign direct investments to date,'' Howard said. The firm has over 100 full time employees and are currently scaling up both its staff and operations at a rapid pace.

Source: Standard Digital April 27, 2019 07:52 UTC