MINISTRY OF FOREIGN TRADE AND INDUSTRY: INAUGURATION THIS MONDAY, JULY 6 IN LUBUMBASHI OF 3 INDUSTRIAL UNITS FOR PRODUCTION OF SQUARE TUBES, ARMORED ELECTRIC CABLES AND ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS
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Promotion and protection of local industry in the Democratic Republic of Congo with the fight against imports of manufactured products, triple ceremony this Monday July 6, 2026 in Lubumbashi in Haut-Katanga, at the level of the Vinmart Group, with the inauguration of the first factory for the production of square tubes in the DRC, of the Société de Transformation de Fer-SOTRAFER, with a capacity of 1,500 tonnes per month, and factories for the production of armored electric cables and transformers electrical, from the company Mining Engineering Services - MES.
Ceremony co-chaired by the Interim Minister of Industry and Minister of Entrepreneurship and SME Development, Justin Kalumba Mwana Ngongo and his colleague from Foreign Trade, Julien Paluku Kahongya, in the presence of the Interim Governor of Haut-Katanga, Martin Kazembe Shula and the General Directors of public and private companies as well as managers of the Vinmart Group.
On behalf of the Congolese Government, the Interim Minister of Industry threw flowers to the Vinmart Group which stands out in the local processing of raw materials from the DRC, in accordance with the vision of the President of the Republic, Félix Tshisekedi Tshilombo, to achieve the economic and industrial independence of the country.
With 20 to 25,000 direct jobs created and 200,000 others indirect, the Vinmart Group deserves support from the Government with measures to safeguard local industry and the relaxation of taxation, but also, the promotion of its products on the national, regional and international market indicated for his part the Minister of Foreign Trade while calling on the other provinces and cities of the Republic to be inspired by this example, because today we are celebrating a victory for the economic and industrial sovereignty of the DRC, he insisted.
On behalf of the CEO of Vinmart, Charles Tshibanda, Managing Director of Clean Congo SAS, indicated that the Group aims to develop a Special Economic Zone on its site and integrated industrial corridors, to thus benefit from certain facilities.
