This is a fruit processing plant in Makueni County; a flagship project aimed at value addition of locally produced fruits to guarantee farmers high prices for their produce and to eliminate middle men who have been exploiting them.
The plant is located at Kalamba in Nzaui Sub County has a capacity to process five metric tonnes of mangoes and produce 3,000 litres of puree (mango juice) per hour. Besides mangoes, the plant is also able process paw paws, avocadoes and tomatoes.
Davis & Shirtliff successfully supplied, installed and commissioned 313kVA Prime Rated Cummins generator, 300kVA Automatic Voltage Regulator (AVR) to protect Plant equipment against utility power voltage surges and remote monitoring and control solution to enable both the Factory Engineers as well as Davis & Shirtliff Field Service Teams to be able to monitor the operation of the equipment.
Kirinyaga County government floated tenders for supply & installation of 1No. 250kVA and 5No. 50kVA generators at various health facilities in the county.
Avenue Hospital Headquartered in Parklands, Nairobi is a well-recognized and established Hospital with several clinics in key towns in the country. The hospital recently moved into an ultra-modern 7 storey 140 bed capacity complex.
Being an hospital, it was critical to ensure that a standby generator be in place to provide emergency power in case of power blackout which is common in the area especially during the rainy season.
Davis & Shirtliff successfully supplied, installed and commissioned 2No. 350kVA Prime Rated Cummins engine synchronized generators. One or both units can run to meet the power requirements saving on the equipment running cost and ensuring standby power availability when one generator is being serviced.