Situated outside of Sagana, approximately 80km from Nairobi, Tebere Concrete Co Ltd is a family run business producing aggregates for the local markets.
The company was originally founded by Rajesh Shah & his brothers and from very basic beginnings they have successfully operated a 60tph plant supplying a local demand.
The original plant consisted of an Indian manufactured Marsman primary jaw, secondary impactor and a small 3 deck incline screen. Operating at 60tph the plant had constant production issues and efficiency had dropped.
A major increase in production:
With massive increase in demand the company contacted DUO Africa and after consultations, a factory visit and the realisation of the technology and aftermarket support available the company duly placed an order with DUO Africa for a new plant.
Rajesh commented, “We needed to increase our production and after on-site discussions and a visit to the factory I was very impressed with the technology and the back-up that DUO Africa could provide.”
An order was subsequently placed and DUO Africa supplied a WJ1100-750 Primary Jaw, Terex Pegson 900 Autocone Secondary and a Terex MIS5184 – 4 deck screen. The new plant has increased production capacity to 125tph and doubled production of high quality aggregates with a flakiness of 21% which is well below market acceptability of 35%.
Further demand:
Since the new plant was installed and commissioned, demand has increased further from as far away as Nanyuki. The development of this new market, coupled with the difficulty of being able to stockpile aggregate has made the company realise that they must now increase production again and have tasked DUO Africa to supply a bigger plant to satisfy the market demands.
Rajesh further commented, “We have returned to DUO Africa because we are very pleased how they have supplied good equipment alongside the knowledge and back-up to help us as the market has developed. We have also had to increase our fleet of off-road dump trucks and earthmoving equipment and DUO Africa have sourced a 30 tonne articulated dump truck for us as well, so we are very pleased. These are exciting times for Tebere and DUO Africa are proving to be a perfect partner.”
Luke Talbot – Director of DUO Africa commented, “It was obvious by the way things were going for Tebere that they would need to further increase production so we are supplying a new high quality plant which will be capable of 220tph. This new plant will also reduce the flakiness even lower than the current 21%. We have our engineer’s currently on-site working on the expansion and upgrading the plant.”
A very successful partnership indeed!