# Devki Group opens $58M Simba Cement factory in Salgaa

Devki Group opened a Ksh5.8 billion ($58 million) Simba Cement factory in Salgaa, Nakuru County, Kenya, creating 700 direct jobs. The factory is being expanded to create 300 more jobs by June 2020.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2020-01-28
- Where: Salgaa, Nakuru County, Kenya
- Value: $58.0M (5.80B KES)
- Jobs: 700
- Starts operating: 28 Jan 2020
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 750,000 metric tonnes annually
- Products: cement
- Sectors: [Construction Materials](https://endata.com/sectors/construction-materials.md)

## Companies

- [Devki Group](https://endata.com/companies/15152.md)

## Sources

- [businesstoday.co.ke](https://businesstoday.co.ke/devki-group-opens-sh5-8bn-cement-factory-in-salgaa/), 2020-01-28: "My administration will support value addition, extraction industries and manufacturing and we will continue supporting investments targeting the economic base of each county."
- [cceonlinenews.com](https://cceonlinenews.com/news/kenyas-simba-cement-opens-sh6-8-billion-plant/), 2020-01-29: "Kenya's Devki Group has opened a huge cement manufacturing plant in Nakuru a move that its chairman Narendra Raval says will not only boost cement production in the area but also offer employment."

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