It is a huge edible oil refinery not only in Ethiopia but also in
Africa.
The industrial complex is situated at Bure town, in West Gojjam
Zone, Amhara National Regional State, and 441 km north of Addis
Ababa.
Phibela Industrial Complex has been set up with an outlay of 4.5
Billion Birr.
It has the potential to create job opportunities for 3,000
citizens.
Phibela Industrial Complex has a capacity of producing 1,500
tons/1.5 million liters/ of Palm and sunflower Oil a day.
When it becomes fully operational, it has the capacity of
producing 60% of the edible oil demand for the Ethiopian market.
It can also save 30 percent of foreign currency expenditure.
The following are factories operating in Phibela Industry:
1. Edible oil refinery and fractionation
That has a capacity of 1500 tons per day.
2. Filling and Packaging Plant
3. Soap and detergent factory
Laundry soap with a production capacity of 80 tons per day
Toilet soap with a production capacity of 30 tons per day
4. Margarine factory
With a production capacity of 100 tons per day
5. Sesame seed processing plant
Hulling, with a production capacity of 20 tons per day
Roasting/Tahini with a capacity of 20 tons per day.
Sesame cleaning, with 21 tons/hour and has the capacity for three different grades of sesame products:
6. Plastic Bottling factory
With a production capacity ranging from 0.5 liters to 25
liters.
7. Carton factory
It can produce s per the demand of the production demand.
8. PP BAG FACTORY
It has a capacity of producing 45000 pp. bags per day.
9. Debre Berhan Truck Trailer and Vehicle Assembly
This assembly was located in Amhara National Regional
State Debre Berhan city. The factory is located on 6.3
hectares and has cost 2 ETB billion.
When the factory is operational, it will assemble
electrical minibusses and city bus tractors, and heavy and
liquid trucks.
10. Phibela Transport
Phibela has 160 units of new brand IVECO trucks with steam
circulation lines and double tanker. Each of the trucks
has holding capacity 45,000 liter edible oil, with total
minimum capacity 7.2 million litter of edible oil, and
dedicated transport imported RPD palm oil and crude
soybean and vegetable oil from the port of neighboring
countries’ port to the refinery.
This enables the company for uninterrupted supply of raw
materials for its operations.