THE manufacturing industry is witnessing remarkable growth, thanks to the Second Republic’s thrust to promote the revitalisation of Bulawayo as the country’s industrial heartbeat.

Several companies in Bulawayo are retooling, with a local company having invested over US$11 million for the acquisition of a new plant for servicing the southern region.

The plant has eased the cost of doing business for the agro-processing company.

“This is a highly technological plant. Currently, we are utilising 90 percent of the plant’s capacity, depending on formulas and the type of feed that we will be processing,” Profeeds’ Finance Executive, Mr Rumbidzo Ndewere said.

The government is satisfied that the re-industrialisation agenda is bearing fruit.

“This last cabinet, we were discussing stock-feed manufacturing, looking at the regulations that have to do with people in this sector. We are taking drastic measures to make sure these companies are profitable and they can produce cheaper,” Minister of Industry and Commerce, Honourable Mangaliso Ndlovu stated.

The re-industrialisation agenda is premised on boosting the productivity of local industries and propelling the country towards attaining an upper-middle-income society status by 2030.