TANCORD (1998) Ltd

TANCORD (1998) Ltd manufactures various products such as twines, ropes, carpets and woven products from sisal.

TANCORD (1998) Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary company of Katani Ltd. It has its registered offices within Katani House in Tanga City. The factory and the TANCORD (1998) Ltd´s operations are based at Ngomeni Village in Muheza District, 26 kilometres from Tanga City. The factory is located about 1 km off the Tanga - Dar es Salaam / Arusha highway. Its location is strategic, enabling the factory to absorb the fibre from Katani Ltd and other sisal estates. It is well served by rail and road into the hinterland.

TANCORD (1998) Ltd products include:
• Agricultural and packing twines with runnage ranging from 120 to 300 m per kg
• Various sizes of sisal ropes with diameters ranging from 6 mm to 48 mm
• Fine yarns, runnage 300 to 900 m per kg
• Carpets, buffing cloth and geo-textiles with width of 65 to 400 cm

TANCORD (1998) Ltd's factory has a total capacity of producing 10,000 tons of yarns or about 7,500 tons for finer yarns per year.

TANCORD (1998) Ltd´s products are sold to Kenya and Uganda in the East African Community, Zambia, the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Africa. Even some of the products sold locally end up being exported to Rwanda and Burundi.

TANCORD (1998) Ltd intends to increase production of buffing cloth to meet the growing demand for polishing materials for steel and furniture in industrialising countries.