FASTER AND CONVENIENT SERVICE DELIVERY TO LOCAL CLIENTS

Blowplast Limited Mombasa, having tasked with the responsibility of fulfilling the needs of customers in the Coastal Region, our plant started its operation on 14^th February 2020 with four machines having a capacity of 1.5 MT per day.

The plant has since grown significantly to a total of 17 world class machines to date with a prospect of accommodating more (20ltr machines, 10ltr machines, 5ltr machines, 2ltr machines and 1ltr machines) with install daily processing capacity of 15 MT. The plant serves Coastal Region customers and they are very happy with the service as it has really sorted out a lot of their supply problems which were faced before; saved transport cost, availability of goods at any given time, able to cope with their demand in terms of flexibility and just in time deliveries and above all sharing knowledge with the clients and addressing any quality challenges within shortest time possible.

The customers served by this plant include; Pwani Oil Products Ltd, Mvita Oil Ltd, Total Energies, Shell and Vivo Lubricant Kenya Ltd, Solvochem East Africa Ltd, Rubis Energy Kenya Public Limited Company, Salwa Kenya Limited and more to come.

The plant is projected to fulfill the entire Coastal region requirements for both lubricants and edible oil sectors.

The plant is 24/7 365 days operational with over 210 staff who run the show; management, production and logistics who ensure the company goal is achieved.

As one of the Big 5 cost centers (LION zone), the Mombasa plant is headed by Mr. Wilberforce Albert Makokha and mentored by the Group MD, Mr. Sanjay Brahmbhatt. His main pillars are; Austin Ageng’o Otieno in Production/Technical department, Peter Tera Savala in Maintenance department, Julius Kiluu Katiku in Quality Assurance department and Laban Mjomba Mcharo in Logistics.

While steadily improving in customer satisfaction, our main core on this has been all about Improvement in OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) i.e. machine availability, good quality achievement with the success rate of over 90% efficiency in production output. We have been able to match customer demand hence customer delight.

In maintenance for example, we have four areas that we have focused on that has made us where are today; autonomous maintenance, daily machine checks, innovations/improvements and preventive maintenance; which is done with a team of 6 personnel at scheduled times. Initially, we started with machine availability of 40% with a lot of challenges faced which we have since come over and gradually improved by 47% to date.

Long live Blowplast Mombasa, long live Kenya.

Written by

Wilberforce Albert Makokha,

General Manager – Blowplast Mombasa