Saturday, July 05, 2008

The Toolmakers

Companies we need more of...From Kenya's Numerical Machining Complex to the machine tools manufacturer,Harp and the precision engineering firm Sheaf, along with others covered earlier Sub-Saharan Africa cannot escape the unavoidable necessity of the Toolmakers.
The NMC for example, a progenitor of what could be the substrate of a locally assembled car the Nyayo, would if successful and moreso when privatized, make a dent on the countries 93% importation rate of machinery.
NMC has the capacity and capability to competitively manufacture most of the equipment and machinery that are being imported into the country thereby increasing local content and deepening value addition in the country-Business Daily.

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