Company history
Addis Ababa
The history of Hamid Kedir and his brothers’ general metal & ground scale manufacturing goes back to 1980. It was established by an energetic and visionary man called Kedir Mohamed, who is the father of this day’s industry owners. Ato Kedir began the pace of the factory by manufacturing small items like doors, windows, bed ,pool paying bed frames and other small engineering products using very conventional toos like Vice, Welding machine, Hammer, Modified vice, Combination machine. The platform scale manufacturing began in 1995 by Abdulhamid Kedir, who is the elder son of Ato Kedir Mohamed by taking his own initiative to support his family financially since his father was getting tired due to age and hard work burden.
Burayu
Due to the fact that Abdulhamid Kedir was getting acceptance by his customers of his products quality and honest trade relationship, he became able to expand his production capacity. From 2003-2009 he got 1,575 meter square investment area at “Burayu” and became able to achieve a production capacity of 84 scales per week (12 scales per day). The machinery capacity and financial capacity was strengthened than ever before. The number of welding machines increased and press machine was purchased .In this period the investment license was issued by the name Abdul Kedir . Even if at this stage the machinery and financial capacity of the work shop got some progress all activities were not being covered by the work shop and were outsourced. These activities include Bending, Shearing,
Cutting, Foundry works, Machining.
In 2009 the factory achieved the capacity to carry out all activities of the scale manufacturing including outsourced ones and also strong attention was given for quality improvement of products to achieve the Italians weighing scale quality standard. Before turning back the outsourced activities the production capacity of 30 pieces per day but the capacity was decreased after owning outsourced activities due to additional processes.
Menagesha
The third chapter of this company history began by 2006 by the energetic and visionary man called Abdulhamid Kedir and his four brothers namely,
1. Abdulaziz Kedir
2. Abdulkadir Kedir
3. Yahiya Kedir
4. Jafar Kadir
The company was re- established by the name “Hamid Kedir and his brothers general metal & ground scale manufacturing P.L.C”. With the new investment name, new investment began by 1,300,000 ETB at 3,000 meter square area at Menagesha town which is found in Oromia regional state. This days the production capacity of the factory is some 15,000 to 20,000 analog platform scales per annum and the registered financial capacity is more than 4,000,000 ETB. The factory is still to make radical expansion works to diversify the product mixes and also to increase the production volume.
Hamid Kedir
General Manager
Phone:-+251911224092
Email:- teshakim@gmail.com
Fax:- +251111706099
Siraj Birhanu
Product Manager
Phone:- +251 91 171 8458
Email:- yesurajber@gmail.com
Fax:- +251111706099
Abdulaziz Kedir
Sales manager
Phone:-+251911244059 Email:- Abdulazizkhdr8@gmail.com
Fax:- +251111706099