# Webcor's IMEX opens US$9.5M raffia bag plant in Angola, tripling capacity

IMEX, the industrial unit of Angola's Webcor Group, opened a new US$9.5 million woven polypropylene raffia bag processing facility. The plant has a capacity of 60 million bags a year and tripled IMEX's production capacity.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2021-11-17
- Where: Angola, Angola
- Value: $9.50M
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 60 million bags a year
- Products: woven polypropylene raffia bags, flexible intermediate bulk containers (FIBC)
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [IMEX](https://endata.com/companies/8598.md)
- [Webcor Group](https://endata.com/companies/8599.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [foodbusinessafrica.com](https://www.foodbusinessafrica.com/webcor-groups-subsidiary-triples-capacity-of-packaging-bags-manufacturing-with-us9-5m-investment/), 2021-11-17: "IMEX has tripled its production capacity with the opening state-of-the art facility as it gears up to become sub-Saharan Africa's largest raffia bag manufacturer."
- [foodbusinessmea.com](https://www.foodbusinessmea.com/webcor-groups-subsidiary-triples-capacity-of-packaging-bags-manufacturing-with-us9-5m-investment/), 2021-11-17: "IMEX has tripled its production capacity with the opening state-of-the art facility as it gears up to become sub-Saharan Africa's largest raffia bag manufacturer."

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