1. The implementation of the plan in the sugar develop-
ment sector of the GTP is encouraging, Abay Tsehaye,
Director General of Sugar Corporation with a rank of
minister disclosed.
On the meeting held for three days starting from Au-
gust 7, 2013 to evaluate the 2005 E.C. performance and
2006 E.C. physical and financial plan of the corpora-
tion Abay commended the implimentation of the plan
set on the sector.
Implementation of Sugar Development Plan Encouraging
Employees & Leadership Vowed to Realize the Late Premier’s
Vision on the Sector
Employees and leadership of Sugar Corporation as well
as staffs of Liaison Offices of Wonji/Shoa , Metehara ,
Finacha and Tendaho sugar factories here in the capital
vowed ,while commemorating the first year anniversary
of the sad death of the late great leader of the nation his
excellency Meles Zenawi, to work with high dedication
so as to realize his vision on the sugar development sector.
Sugar Corporation Plans to Satisfy Domestic Demand by 2006
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Abay (left) presiding the meeting
Increasing the average 300 thousand tons of sugar annually produced by the existing three sugar factories
close to 546 thousand tons, Sugar Corporation plans to satisfy domestic sugar demand by 2006 E.C., Plan and
Project Division of the corporation disclosed.
Shimeles Kebede, Plan and Project Deputy Director General of Sugar Corporation said to the editorial office

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Sugar Corporation Plans ...
Factory Plans to Produce 1.3
Million Quintals of Sugar on
2006 Budget Year
Metehara Sugar Factory plans to produce 1.3 mil-
lion quintals of sugar and close to 10 million liters
of ethanol on the 2006 budget year.
The report of the factory’s Public Relations Of-
fice disclosed that the factory , in a bid to bring its
golden production years record back in place, is
found making the necessary preparations exerting
its maximum effort in completing the overhaul-
ing job during the winter season. High upgrading
work will be done on the factory’s boiler number
four and other diffuser machineries during the
overhauling period that stretches from half of July
to November.
The budget year’s plan is set following the com-
mon successive forums of all employees and lead-
ership of the factory which have deliberated on the
factory’s 2005 budget year performance in detail,
the report of the office added. Mutual understand-
ing is reached at with the participants of the fo-
rums thereby extensive works shall be done in fill-
ing the gap of inputs of both human resource and
materials, skill and of the wrong attitudes ahead of
time so as to achieve the target the factory has set,
it was learnt.
The successive forums in which high motivation
and regret of all employees and leadership of the
factory is reflected with regard to recent low pro-
duction performance record of the factory have
at last come into consensus to bring the factory’s
golden production years record back in place as
of 2006 budget year, the report further mentioned.
Hence, employees and leadership of the factory
have voluntarily started working on their break
hours including weekend days, it was disclosed.
Shimeles Kebede
of our newsletter that the expansion work
of Wonji/Shoa and Fincha sugar factories,
which contribute a lot to the increment of
the nation’s sugar production, is concluded
enabling them inter into regular production with
high production capacity as of October, 2013 while
Tendaho Sugar Factory the first phase factory con-
struction of which is closer to its completion is to
begin production as of December, 2013.
According to Shimeles 95,000; 200,000; 123,600
and 130,000 tons of sugar is expected to be pro-
duced from Wonji/Shoa, Fincha, Tendaho and
Metehara sugar factories respectively by the year
2013/14. The production of these all factories will
not only satisfy the domestic demand but also help
the nation to do away with import of sugar spending
a large amount foreign currency annually, he further
explained.
New job opportunities which shall be created in
2006 budget year by the corporation, small and
micro enterprises and also contractors will give the
chance to 69,254 citizens to be recruited on perma-
nent and contract basis among which 20,195 shall
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According to the director gen-
eral when the plan in the sec-
tor was set at various regions
as part of the five years GTP
there was no road, electric, tele-
phone , etc... infrastructures at
the selected sites of new sugar
development projects while do-
mestic contractors at the same
time had no experience in the
sector both contributing to the
drawback in implementing the
plan fully.
“The first year of the GTP peri-
od was therefore only a year of
making the necessary prepara-
tions to implement the plan and
it was since 2004 E.C. that ac-
tual works have partially been
started” , Abay stated. Explain-
ing the situation new sugar de-
velopment projects are found
the director general said that
the construction of Kuraz One,
Kesem and Tana Beles One and
Two factories will be finalized
by the year 2006 and thereby
start production the following
year. The construction of Kuraz
Two and Three and of Wolkai-
yet sugar factories will begin as
of 2006, he further added.
On the occasion the direc-
tor general also disclosed that
Wonji/Shoa and Fincha sugar
factories which have concluded
their expansion work will start
producing additional sugar
by 2006 while Tendaho Sugar
Factory with its first phase con-
struction completed by 2006
will enter into regular produc-
tion by mid of the same year.
When these three factories en-
Implementation
of Sugar ...
Participants of the
meeting
ter into production they will not
only satisfy the domestic de-
mand but also help the govern-
ment to do away with import-
ing over two million quintals of
sugar annually, he further men-
tioned.
The construction of sugar fac-
tories; houses of residential and
non- residential; dams and ca-
nals; the plantation of sugarcane
as well as construction of social
services and infrastructures to
the people at and around proj-
ect sites will continue in 2006
E.C. more strengthened so as to
attain the goal set on the sector
in a coordinated manner, Abay
noted.
As the sector is very wide and
new to our nation it demands the
coordinated work of regional
governments, stake holder fed-
eral institutions, domestic as
well as foreign companies and
also the people living in and
around sugar factories and proj-
ects, he further stressed.
The gap in skill of both employ-
ees as well as leadership of the
corporation, stake holders, and
contractors were identified as
the main obstacles faced during
the implementation of the plan
in the sector, Abay explained
. To fill the gap in leadership
quality and the skill required
among employees, the corpo-
ration has planned to prepare
various training programs to be
conducted using both domestic
and foreign professionals and
also to apply Kaizen in a more
strengthened and desired level
as of 2006 E.C. it was disclosed.
Eventually, the director general
stressed on the need to the em-
ployees and leadership of the
corporation of working with full
enthusiasm and dedication so as
to finalize works which had not
been done by 2005 and also ac-
complish the plan set for 2006.
On the three day discussion
held, Shimeles Kebede Plan and
Project Division Deputy Direc-
tor General of the corporation
has presented the performance
of 2005 plan and also the 2006
physical and financial plan of
the corporation in detail upon
which employees of the corpo-
ration have intensively deliber-
ated on.

4. Employees & Leadership Vowed...
The memorial program with a leading motto that
goes: “Keeping Your Word, We Have Renewed
Ours to Keep It Up Even Higher” was held on Au-
gust 20, 2013 at the meeting hall of Sugar Corpora-
tion with various events.
On the occasion, a candlelight vigil and a prayer
program was held commemorating the late leader
followed by, in relation with his vision on the sugar
industry, the presentation of a documentary film
that depicts the various activities underway in the
sugar development sector.
Woyo Robba, Operation Division Deputy Director
General of Sugar Corporation while delivering his
message on the event said that the late Prime Min-
ister Meles Zenawi was the one who had played the
greatest role in expanding the sugar development
sector at a wider scope in the nation. Woyo further
called upon the employees and leadership of the
corporation to work with high dedication in real-
izing his vision on the sector finalizing the already
started activities.
“The successful works the late prime minister had
done to transform this nation into higher develop-
ment level will always be remembered”, Woyo fur-
ther remarked. Higher contribution from employees
and leadership of the corporation on the sector is
highly expected to realize the renaissance of Ethio-
pia envisioned by Meles, he finally said.
On the occasion, the leadership and employees of
the corporation were asked to contribute their own
share in terms of their knowledge and/or finance to
establish The Meles Zenawi’s Research and Study
Centre.
Employees Ready to Implement Green Development Strategy
Employees of Sugar Corporation said that they
are ready to implement the green development
strategy the nation is set to realize planting
seedlings and taking care of them afterwards.
While planting seedlings on July 19, 2013 at
Alula Forest around an area known as CMC
here in the capital with a leading motto that goes
– “Let Us Hand Over Green Environment to the
Coming Generation“, the employees confirmed
their readiness to carry out their responsibilities
responding to national issues they are expected
to take part as citizens of this nation .
Coordinator of Seedling Planting Committee
Senayit Belay on her speech on the occasion
noted that the corporation has made successive
awareness raising discussion forums and train-
ing for trainers programs ready to make the wide
ranged development activities of the corporation
on the sugar industry sustainable and reliable.
Forming seedling stations at and around areas
where sugar development activities are carried
out and conducting seedling planting programs,
the corporation is working hand-in-glove with
communities around , Senayit further added.
The candlelight vigil
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Due attention is given by the corporation to the
job of containing wildfire, making working envi-
ronments attractive and taking care of green
areas on the existing sugar factories , she said.
Employees of the corporation have promised to
plant more seedlings and take care of them there-
after to make the implementation of the green
development strategy of the late great leader of
this nation His Excellency Meles Zenawi sustain-
able, it was learnt.
Factory Minimizes Expenditures
Applying Kaizen
Giving successive training programs to employees and
leadership on the theory of Kaizen and applying the
philosophy into practice with wide mobilization of all,
Fincha Sugar Factory has registered remarkable result
in minimizing its expenditures.
According to the report of Public Relations Section
of the factory, the high motivation reflected from the
employees and leadership; the spirit of competition
among the various sections for outstanding result ; the
strong team spirit; staffs punctuality in attendance;
the commendable actions taken in minimizing expen-
ditures and the effort exerted in avoiding loss during
production processes are remarkably growing among
all staffs of the factory all of which made possible
through the successive training programs and discus-
sion forums the factory has held with regard to the phi-
losophy of Kaizen and its applications.
The application of close to 16 resource minimizing
practices at the Filed Maintenance Section of the
factory within a short period of time has triggered moti-
vation across its other work units. it was learnt .
A machinery modified to do both the job of fertil-
izer application and plowing simultaneously and an
ISUZU car with appliance of some modification made
to start giving service after 10 years of disposal are
some among others identified as remarkable results
the factory has attained applying Kaizen. The applica-
tion of the philosophy has helped to save more than 6.5
million Birr at Field Machineries Maintenance Section
of the factory alone, the report disclosed.
Furthermore, applying Kaizen at the health sector of
the factory, more than 1.8 million Birr was saved within
six months, the report further added. The application
of the philosophy has helped to minimize number of
patients and those who unnecessarily used to take sick-
leaves while the malaria prevention system has played
a pivotal role to the success gained at the sector, it was
noted by the report.
Machinery modified to have a double purpose
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6. Some 59 years back fellow
Ethiopians were not accustomed
to a factory product known by the
name –Sugar. And, it was the
nation’s pioneering cane crush-
ing plant built in 1946 E.C. – Wonji
Sugar Factory that acquainted
them with it.
Unlike today the supply of sugar
had been over the local demand
during the first few production years
of this factory that the factory had
been engaged in introducing this
sweet product to Ethiopians free
of charge. Aged employees of
this factory recalls in amusement
their experience in introducing the
product moving from one place to
another making free tea available
to Ethiopians who were stranger to
its taste by then.
It took less than a decade when the
need for the second sugar produc-
ing plant came forth paving way to
the birth of another plant – Shoa
Sugar Factory at Wonji and it was
in 1955 E.C. And, these two facto-
ries had been serving for close 50
to 60 years satisfying the domes-
tic demand till very recent years
getting supply support from the
nation’s relatively latest two sugar
factories - Metehara and Fincha
sugar factories.
As time elapses the machineries
of the aged two factories became
obsolete and finding spare parts
on the market became very tough
which forced the factory to higher
cost of production. Therefore,
replacing these two plants became
mandatory not only because they
are outdated but also the strategic
economic advantage of the sector
calls for a plant with a-state-of-the-
art technology of higher production
capacity and quality.
The aging pioneering sugar facto-
ries are never giving up their role
on the aftermath of their closure
leaving nothing that follows their
footsteps. They rather give birth
to a new and modern plant ready
to enter into regular production by
2006 E.C. with 6,250 TCD (Tons
of Cane Crushed per Day) that
doubles the two oldest plants.
And, it in the long run will be raised
into a plant of 10 to 12, 000 TCD.
Therefore, their closure is being fol-
lowed by the birth of a new, modern
and more automated one that it
could be considered as their rebirth
– in a new form and style!
The birth of the new Wonji/Shoa
Sugar Factory is a reflection of the
beginning in realizing the FDRE
Government’s five years GTP in
the sector as carrying out expan-
sion projects on the existing sugar
factories is one targeted at it while
building 10 other new factories
and bringing the two-phased con-
struction job of Tendaho Sugar
Factory into its completion are the
others. The other worth mention-
ing success is the completion of the
expantion project of Fincha Sugar
Factory.
The construction of the new Wonji/
Shoa Sugar Factory is started three
years back in 2003 E.C. to replace
the oldest outdated two plants-
Wonji and Shoa sugar factories.
And, Wonji Sugar Factory was
made to stop production since the
beginning of 2005 E.C. while Shoa
is to follow Wonji and stop produc-
tion hereafter leaving the task to the
newly built plant ready to do the job
that had been theirs for more than
half a century in a more efficient
and modern way.
The new plant at the start has a
capacity of producing around 1.7
million quintals of sugar a year
which with more expansion job
will reach to 2.7 million quintals.
Satisfying its own demand it will
export 22 Mega Watt electric power
to the nationa grid. The factory will
also produce 10,299 meter cube
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ethanol per annum. The plant is
made to be equipped with various
machineries which will help the
factory work in a safe and efficient
way. Accordingly, reserve machin-
eries are found installed at key
process points so that down times
due to a failure of a machine will be
minimized a great deal.
Moreover, as the plant is techno-
logically advanced it minimizes
loss during production process,
gives better product with minimal
energy consumption, releases
harmless wastes, equipped with
various machineries protect inter-
nal machineries of the plant from
damage due to the entrance of
unwanted materials while it is also
environmentally friendly. As it is
also highly automated plant every
activities of its machineries is con-
trolled at one station. Here anyone
familiar with the working environ-
ment of the nation’s existing sugar
factories will be taken aback when
he/she looks at the huge and intri-
cate machineries of the plant are
only attended by few staffs of the
factory.
Furthermore, the transporting task
of the last packed sugar product
to the factory’s warehouses is
accomplished through a long belt
stretched from the factory to the ware-
houses that greatly avoids the labo-
rious job and saves a lot the human
resource of the factory to be asigned
at another demanding task.
In its relentless effort to come up with
a new and modern plant the manage-
ment of Sugar Corporation and Wonji/
Shoa Sugar Factory has not left all
the burden of pro-
ducing sugar that
doubles the old
two factories in
quantity and also
excels in quality to
the modern plant
with latest technol-
ogy alone. They
rather have made
the staffs of the
old factories work
on the new one for
months so as to
acquaint them with
the various machin-
eries of the new plant of modern tech-
nology and thereby they can be able
lead its operation independently.
Moreover, Wonji/Sohoa Sugar Factory
has equipped its leadership and
employees with a key science that
enables it to be more productive with
reduced cost and that science is – THE
PHILOSOPHY OF KAIZEN! As any
one might recall Wonji/Shoa Sugar
Factory, standing first out of more
than one hundred rivals nationwide,
has recently won a trophy for its out-
standing application of the Kaizen phi-
losophy. The new plant, therefore, is
not expected to come up with expected
result alone. Ascientific tool – KAIZEN
and a well trained staffs of Wonji/Shoa
Sugar Factory are there to carryout the
task.
And, as the plant is expected to work
with 6,250 TCD, it demands the supply
of cane that doubles the old two used
to seek. Hence, the new Wonji/Shoa
Factory, in line with the construction
of this new High Tec plant, had been
engaged on the expansion job of its
cane cultivation land. The factory is
conducting expansion work on its cane
cultivation land so as to have around
16 thousand hectares of land which
satisfies the demand of the new plant
with 6,250 TCD capacity.
And, what makes the expansion job
of Wonji/Shoa Sugar Factory quite dif-
ferent from others like Fincha Sugar
Factory is that the expected additional
cane is supplied by out growers. One
has to note here that the former two
sugar factories had only 6 thousand
hectares of land under their man-
agement while 1 thousand hectares
of land had been cultivated by out
growers. Out of the total 16 thousand
hectares of cane cultivation land the
new plant will have , nine thousand
hectares of land is to be owned and
cultivated by out growers who have
contractual agreement to supply their
cane to the factory.
Currently the factory with its cane cul-
tivation expansion project has 3,000
hectares of land at Dodotta and 1,000
hectares at Wolenchiti covered with
cane cultivated by out growers while
it has finalized the construction of
main and secondary canal to cultivate
5,000 hectares of cane at Wolenchiti
by 2013/14. Therefore, with the help of
the factory starting from land prepara-
tion to other routine technical support
such as supply of pesticides, fertiliz-
ers and other professional support
these out growers will supply the cane
demand of the new plant throughout its
production seasons. Besides selling
their cane to the factory these out
growers get paid to their labor working
on their own cane cultivation land.
The symbiotic relationship between the
out growers and the new and modern
plant with higher crushing capacity will
continue more strengthened and the
rebirth of the old Wonji/Shoa Sugar
Factory in a new form and style will
proceed making farmers around it the
most beneficiaries! With this single
instance it is vivid to see the role of
the sugar development sector in cre-
ating wider job opportunities and con-
ducive market link to people around
project or factory areas in particular
and to citizens of this nation in general!
Here it is!!! One can see that sugar
corporation’s contribution in making
poverty a history at this nation is start-
ing to surface clearer and clearer!!!
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