Tsehay Industry S.C

Tsehay Industry
The former Akaki Steel Industry and later Kaliti Steel Industry currently known as Tsehay Industry S.C. Kaliti Metal Products Factory set up shop in 1968 by an Italian named Signor Riso Sprado and other share holders for 500,000 birr capital initially the area of the factory had been 130,050 square meters of land. The staff number stood at 50 at the time of establishment with a good deal of the technical work carried out by foreigners /Italians/ with the local work force engaged mostly in manual labor activities. At the time of establishment the factory produced round, square and rectangle pipes, Secco door and window frames and Ega sheets for roofing and wall cladding. Following the political system changes of 1974 in the country and the Dec. 7, 1975 proclamation nationalizing production and distribution enterprises administration of Kaliti Metal Products Factory was passed over to the National Metal Corporation under the Ministry of Industry.