The Housing News Company of the week is a leading regional company – West Africa Royal Ceramics.
West African Ceramics Limited is a promoter of ROYAL brand of Ceramics in Nigerian and is a manufacturing company in Kogi for the production of porcelain and ceramic tiles.
West African Ceramics Limited have introduced new ceramic tiling concept to the Nigerian market. VIT Porcelain tiles that combines inspirational design with high durability. Using only the finest materials, their ceramic tiles are manufactured by skilled craftsmen using European technology into masterpieces of design to a superior specification at affordable prices. This combined with their existing brand ‘Royal’, consistently voted Nigeria’s favourite wall and floor tile, means WACL offers a full range of monoporosa, monocottura, vitrified and porcelain tiles to the West African market, and for export all over the World.
While into granite, tiles and other products, the company recently launched its marble production section at the company’s facilities in Ajaokuta, Kogi state, Nigeria.
Royal Marbles
The Royal marbles manufacturing factory which has been operational for about 8 months now boosts of average daily production of 3000 square metres.
On a trip to the factory, Housing News was shown round by the MD Mr Bhaskar Rao, who practically saw our team through the entire process of production, starting from raw materials extraction, the crushing, grinding, milling process, mixing, pressing, cutting and packaging.
According to Rao, the raw materials are all sought in Nigeria and they include, Walt, marble chips, and limestone.
The marbles section according him is also set to commence export to countries like Ghana, Niger, and Chad.
Mr Rao explained that the company is offering great benefits to the Nigerian economy because of the local content it promotes, employment, and contribution to GDP.
The company is also contributing greatly to affordable housing development in Nigeria.
Recently they partnered with Construction Company, Hydraform Limited to build an affordable made in Nigeria house in Gwarimpa Abuja.
‘’We partnered with Hydraform to build a N3 million affordable house with complete Royal equipment. While Hydraform provided the bricks, we produced the roof materials, wall and floor tiles, kitchen marbles, granite and other useful made in Nigeria products necessary to build a house. This house was also displayed at the 13th Abuja International Housing Show for everyone to see,’’ he said.
In corporate social responsibility, the company has built roads, water facilities, worship centres and other social amenities for the host community in Kogi state.
