Innoson Manufacturing Company on Monday unveiled two plants and an Automated Robotic Spraying Booth at its Nnewi headquarters.
The plants include the Innoson Small/Mini Bus Plant for manufacturing 1.5-liter engine capacity 7-seater and 10-seater buses, and the Innocent Connect/Caris Plant for the production of sedan cars branded Innoson Connect and Innocent Caris.
These plants combined have the capacity to produce 32 thousand vehicles per year and would employ about 1000 Nigerians.
The Automated Robotic Spraying Booth is the first of its kind in the whole country and is made to paint vehicles with elegance and at high speed.
Cornel Osigwe, Head of Corporate Communications and Affairs of Innoson Group said in a statement that the plants and the automated spraying booth were financed by the Bank of Industry to the tune of 4.6 billion naira and supported by the Nigerian Automotive Design and Develop Council (NADDC).
The Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, who commissioned the plants congratulated Innoson founder, Chief Chukwuma, and thanked him for helping to improve the economy via creating jobs for youths. She assured manufacturers of continued government support.
Innoson Group founder and chairman, Chief Dr. Innocent Chukwuma, OFR, in his address, commended the efforts of the Federal Government for “their unflinching support and dogged determination to ensure that our investments survive the vagaries of our economic downturn.”
The Chairman added: “I make bold to say that the industrialization of the country, through deliberate policies of Government is key.”
Other attendees at the event include the Governor of Anambra State, represented by the Deputy Governor Nkem Okeke, the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Mansur Ahmed, Chairman of NADDC, Senator Osita Izunaso, DG of NADDC, Jelani Aliyu MFR, Member representing Nnewi North, Nnewi South, and Ekwusigo Constituency in the House of Representatives, Mr. Chris Azubogu, Member representing Nnewi at the House of Assembly, Hon Nonso Smart Okafor among other federal and state public servants, captains of industries, stakeholders, the media, well-wishers, and the general public.
