17/06/2025
Firm sets up automated shoe, garment factories in Aba
The quest to automate shoe production in Aba the commercial hub of Abia State has been realised, as EROJIM Investment Limited, an indigenous manufacturing outfit, has established automated shoe and garment factories in the commercial city.
Aba, has the largest concentration of micro, small and medium-scale enterprises (MSMEs) in the Country with a sizable number engaged in tailoring and finished leather products such as shoes, belts and bags.
BusinessDay reports that Aba industrialists have capacity to produce for local and international consumption, if basic infrastructure, especially constant electricity is provided,
The factories situated at the Aba City Centre, behind the Aba Correctional Centre (formally prisons) , is a public private partnership (PPP) initiative, between EROJIM and the Federal Ministry of Interior with the
Nigeria Correctional Service (NCS) , as major offtakers.
With three modern production lines, the shoe section of the factory has a daily production capacity of 1500 pairs, while the garment section also has a daily production capacity of about 1500 garments.
The factory, which started production on September 1, 2024, is currently producing kits for officers and men of the NCS, as well as for inmates.
BusinessDay checks revealed. that the garment section of the facility, first of its kind in Aba and Nigeria, is equipped with automatic sowing machines, ironing boards, cutting machines for jeans and chinos and special machine for cutting if shirt colar. It also boasts of taping machines, heat press and so
many other machines needed in a modern garment factory.
The EROJIM investment in Aba, no doubt would revolutionize the finished leather and garment industry, as it has set a benchmark for other investors interested in setting up such factories in Aba, the commercial hub of Abia State.