The National Coordinator of the One-district One-factory (1D1F) programme, Gifty Ohene-Konadu, has inspected the progress of a new factory set up by beverage giant, Kasapreko.

The company, in Tanoso, in the Ashanti Region, is part of government's flagship 1D1F built with a $20 million Eximbank loan given to the beverage company for the construction of the project.

Set up on a 10,000-metre square property, the yet-to-be-commissioned structure has already commenced production of a number of Kasapreko products.

Kasapreko will augment operations at the current Tanoso manufacturing complex, producing an estimated 85,000 bottles of various products.

The new Tanoso complex is expected to create 3,000 direct and indirect jobs for the youth, particularly inhabitants of the area.

Completion of the multi-purpose facility, which was commenced in January, comes a full month ahead of schedule.

Following her tour of the multi-million-dollar facility, Mrs Ohene-Konadu stated she was impressed by Kasapreko at the expeditious completion of the project.

She was surprised when it was communicated to her that the production of some of the company's best-known items had already started. 

Kasapreko CEO, Mr. Richrad Adjei, on his part, expressed how profoundly grateful his outfit was to the government of Ghana for the 1D1F initiative, whose proactiveness has ensured the realisation of this new frontier by Kasapreko.

Set up three decades ago at Nungua in Accra, Kasapreko is, today, the largest producer of carbonated soft drinks and alcohol in the country, and boasts of the most diverse product range for variant consumer preferences.