Overview
C & E Brother’s Steel Factory P.L.C is one of the leading suppliers of TMT reinforcement bars of Grade 40 and Grade 60 & 75 in Ethiopia. The factory produces ribbed bars in different diameters i.e 8mm, 10mm, 12mm, 14mm, 16mm, 20mm, 24mm & 32mm. The factory also produces Silica Ramming Mass or Quartz to steel factories and paint factories.
C & E Brother’s Steel Factory PLC was established in according with the commercial code of Ethiopia at 1960 and registered with the Ethiopia Investment Agency Licensing and Registration Department on August 14, 2008.
It is a joint venture factory of Ethiopian investors with a total establishment capital of more than 1 Billion Ethiopian birr.
C and E Brothers Steel Factory PLC is located in the southern part of the capital city of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, in a town called Bishoftu which is 45 km from A.A
The factory was built on a total area of 30,000 m3, which is later expanded to 90,000 m2. The factory's total annual production capacity is more than 500,000 Metric tone.
Company Strategies
- Purpose:- To be a leader in reinforcement manufacturing industry by providing enhanced service and relationship
- Vision :- To provide a service that excepts the expectation of our esteemed customer
- Mission:- To build long term relationship with our customer and clients and provide exceptional customer service by pursuing business through innovation and advanced technology
Core Values
- We believe in treating our customers with respect and faith
- We grow through creativity invention
- We integrate honesty, integrity and business ethics into all aspects of our business function
Goals
- Regional expansion in the reinforcement industry and develop a strong base of key customers. Increase the asset and investment of the company to support the development of service
- To build good reputation in the field of steel industry and become a key player in the industry
Production Capacity
It produces different size of reinforcement bars used mainly for construction industry with different grades. Currently, the factory produces two types of products.Reinforcement bars with attainable capacity of 54,000 ton per annum and Silica Ramming Mass with capacity of 18,000 ton per annum.
Product Manual
C & E Brother’s Steel Factory PLC ensure with its quality assurance processes. The following material properties conform to the standards indicated below.
Grade 40
Mechanical Properties
- Yield Strength Max: 300Mpa
- Tensile Strength: 330 Mpa
- Elongation: 16%
Grade 60
Mechanical Properties
- Yield Strength Max : 500Mpa
- Tensile Strength : 550 Mpa
- Elongation : 14%
Structural Property
Net Area is computed using effective width concept for design purposes.
Design strength: fyd = fyk / 1.15=278MPA
In addition to sectional properties of Ribbed Reinforcement bars produced by C &E Brother’s steel factory; it includes the following design and reinforcement detailing aids:
- Table showing Maximum Numbers of Reinforcement bars in one Row of Beams
- Table showing Areas of Reinforcement for Beams, Columns, Slabs and Foundation
- Table showing Anchorage and Lap Lengths Requirements
- Carbon = 0.22
- Silicon < 0.4
- Manganese < 1.5
- Phosphorus < 0.05
- Sulpher < 0.05
- Carbon = 0.25
- Silicon < 0.4
- Manganese < 1.5
- Phosphorus < 0.05
- Sulpher < 0.06
Chemical Property
For Grade 40
- Carbon = 0.22
- Silicon < 0.4
- Manganese < 1.5
- Phosphorus < 0.05
- Sulpher < 0.05
- Carbon = 0.25
- Silicon < 0.4
- Manganese < 1.5
- Phosphorus < 0.05
- Sulpher < 0.06
For Grade 60
- Carbon = 0.25
- Silicon < 0.4
- Manganese < 1.5
- Phosphorus < 0.05
- Sulpher < 0.06