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Commissioned in 2023 and now approaching Phase II expansion, the Dejen Cement Works is among the most significant industrial undertakings in the Holding's twenty-year history. Sited in the central highlands, the plant converts local limestone reserves into construction-grade cement destined for Ethiopia's accelerating infrastructure programme.

The facility was conceived with a deliberate long horizon: modern German pyroprocessing technology, a 30-year limestone reserve, and an integrated logistics corridor that links the works to Addis Ababa, Bahir Dar, and regional ports. Employment stands at 1,200 direct positions and approximately 3,400 indirect.

The Wood Processing Cluster consolidates afforestation, sawmilling, panel production, and furniture manufacture into a single vertically-integrated enterprise — the first of its kind at national scale. Ethiopia imports hundreds of millions of dollars of wood products annually; the Cluster is built to reverse that flow.

Twelve thousand hectares of managed forest, four processing facilities, and a new furniture academy form the spine of the operation. The enterprise is designed as much as an environmental commitment as a commercial one: every tree felled is matched by three planted.