Zamil Steel puts into operation its second factory in Amata Industrial Park

Guests tour Zamil Steel’s new factory in Amata Industrial Park, Dong Nai province

Pre-engineered steel-building producer Zamil Steel Viet Nam yesterday opened its second factory in Viet Nam, in the Amata Industrial Park in the southern province of Dong Nai.

The facility, covering more than 24,000sq.m, would produce 4,500 tonnes of steel buildings per month. It will help bring the company’s total annual production to 100,000 tonnes or a total annual production of 50-100,000 tonnes, once it reaches full operating capacity, according to the company.

"While demand for steel buildings is still increasing strongly, our plant in Ha Noi has been at full capacity for the last few years, after two expansions [in 2002 and 2004]," said Zamil Steel Viet Nam general director George Kobrossy.

"We think that the time now is right for us to operate the new factory to meet the demand and better serve our customers in Viet Nam as well as in the region," said Kobrossy. "The opening of the factory is also proof of our long-term commitment to the Vietnamese economy."

Construction of the US$14 million plant would increase the total investment of Zamil Steel in Viet Nam to over $35 million.

In addition to pre-engineered steel buildings, the company will develop two new production lines at the Dong Nai-based facility: structural steel and open web joists, with which it plans to seek buyers in the petrochemical and construction sectors.

Zamil Steel Viet Nam was established in 1997 as a joint venture between Saudi Arabia’s Zamil Steel Industries and Japan’s Mitsui & Co Ltd. The first factory, located in Ha Noi’s Noi Bai Industrial Zone, produced 5,000 tonnes of steel buildings per month in 2007.

(Source: VNS)