Fire at Cevital Plant in Bejaïa
October 20 2017
The CEVITAL GROUP has reported that a fire had broken out at one O’clock in the morning, this day of Friday October 20th 2017 in its agro-industrial plant in Bejaia, inside a brown sugar storage silo. The fire was fully extinguished at 6:00AM.
The CEVITAL GROUP administration wishes to reassure that there were no casualties.
The CEVITAL GROUP is naturally determined to clarify the circumstances of this matter.
The CEVITAL GROUP administration would particularly like to thank the civil protection services (the chief Executives and fire fighters) for their reactivity, professionalism and efficiency.
We are also grateful to:
– Our collaborators
– The People’s National Army
– The Police services
– The customs services
– The NAFTAL Staff
– The BMT Staff
– The elected local authorities
For all their dedicated involvement
The CEVITAL GROUP assures that all his teams are mobilized to resume the sugar production within 48 to 72 hours.
The CEVITAL GROUP reassures the consumers that the available sugar stocks may serve the national market without any perturbation.
About Cevital
Cevital is the leading private industrial group and exporter in Algeria, excluding petroleum products.
This highly diversified group features 26 subsidiaries, spread out across the industry (flat glass and steel), food processing, retailing, automotive and services sectors. The Cevital group generated an annual turnover of $4 billion in 2015. It exports to nearly thirty countries worldwide. In recent years it has developed its business activities internationally through the acquisition of Oxxo and Brandt in 2013 and 2014 in France, the steel producer Aferpi in Italy, Alas in Spain and in Brazil, where it is developing its expertise in steel, food processing and port infrastructure.
Issad Rebrab is the founding chairman of the Cevital Group, which employs 18,000 people.
Press contact :
presse@cevital.com | Tel : 00 213 (0) 23 56 38 02 09/10 | Fax : 00 213 (0) 23 56 38 31