By Joy Baba-Yesufu
The quest to automate shoe production in Aba the commercial hub of Abia State has been realised, as EROJIM Investment Limited, an indigenous manufacturing outfit, has established automated shoe and garment factories in the commercial city.
Aba, has the largest concentration of micro, small and medium-scale enterprises (MSMEs) in the Country with a sizable number engaged in tailoring and finished leather products such as shoes, belts and bags.
Aba industrialists have capacity to produce for local and international consumption, if basic infrastructure, especially constant electricity is provided,
The factories situated at the Aba City Centre, behind the Aba Correctional Centre (formally prisons) , is a public private partnership (PPP) initiative, between EROJIM and the Federal Ministry of Interior with the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCS) , as major offtakers.
With three modern production lines, the shoe section of the factory has a daily production capacity of 1500 pairs, while the garment section also has a daily production capacity of about 1500 garments.
The factory, which started production on September 1, 2024, is currently producing kits for officers and men of the NCS, as well as for inmates.
Checks revealed. that the garment section of the facility, first of its kind in Aba and Nigeria, is equipped with automatic sowing machines, ironing boards, cutting machines for jeans and chinos and special machine for cutting if shirt colar. It also boasts of taping machines, heat press and so many other machines needed in a modern garment factory.
The Shoe section with 3-production lines boasts of modern commercial shoe production equipment, including two big toe lasting machines.
It is a complete package for everything we want to do as far as garment and shoe productions are concerned, Esang Demben Moses, chief operating officer (COO) EROJIM Investment Limited declared
