Tributes pour in after Patel’s death

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Tributes pour in following the death of the founder and chief executive of Motisun Group of Companies, Subhash Patel, who was also chairman of the Confederation of Tanzania Industries

Motisun Group’s MM Integrated Steel Mills Limited is a fast growing multinational and a leading manufacturer of cold rolling sheets, structural steel products and galvanized /aluzinc roofing sheets in east and southern Africa. The group’s Kiboko paints and plastics are a household name in Tanzania and beyond while in Cement, Motisun established the Mamba Cement Company Limited in partnership with other partners. The cement plant – proposed to be located at Tarawanda village, in Bagamoyo district some 110 kilometers away from Dar es Salaam – was estimated to have a capacity of one million tonnes of clinker suitable to produce both ordinary portland cement and portland limestone cement. The group had already acquired about 7000 acres of land with high grade limestone deposits exceeding 175 million tonnes suitable for manufacturing quality cement to satisfy the growing construction needs of Tanzania and its neighbouring countries.

Tributes pour in after Patel’s death

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