The Eastern Cape’s Premier Lubabalo Oscar Mabuyane unveiled a new plant on Wednesday the 17th of August at East London’s IDZ.
Mabuyane congratulated and thanked manufacturing giant Dräger Safety Zenith (Pty) Ltd for investing in East London IDZ and then region.
The R135 million rand facility unveiled will manufacture safety and medical equipment for international export and for domestic use and has inturn created 96 new jobs in the Province.
“From today onwards, 96 people will call this factory their place of employment, that number might seem small to some but their lives will drastically change for the better”, said Mabuyane.
Economic Development MEC Mlungisi Mvoko also gave the assurance that the investment promotion and attraction remain a priority of his department as one of the shareholders at IDZ.
“This is a world-class special economic zone with reliable infrastructure and the opportunity that Dräger brings will go a long way in growing the province’s economy”, said Mvoko.
IDZ CEO Simphiwe Kondlo concluded and said they were excited to be opening a world-class company’s facility on their platform.
“We are excited to be home to this multinational company that has a long history of world-class manufacturing”, said Kondlo.
