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Pittards opens three leathergoods factories in Ethiopia

31/10/2011
Tanning group Pittards expanded its presence in Ethiopia at the end of October by opening three finished leathergoods factories in Addis Ababa. The main product will be gloves made from the sheep and goat leather that the company produces at its tannery near Mojo, 75 kilometres south-east of the capital.

Pittards is also investing in sheep-farming in the African country to increase the quality and quantity of its raw material supply.

The company had been involved in the leather sector in Ethiopia since 2005 when it started managing on behalf of the government the Ethiopian Tannery Share Company (ETSC) in Mojo, which it acquired in December 2009. The facility became the inaugural Tannery of the Year in 2010.

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