By John Ikani
As it finalises arrangements to go into vehicle and spares production, Nigerian firm, Zeetin, has signed an export Memorandum of Understanding with a Turkish-American company, JMT Limited.
Zeetin is a manufacturer of heavy-duty metal products and spare-parts for the automotive sector, used in the aviation, construction, railway, marine, oil and gas, automotive, and agriculture industries.
JMT is an international machine-making company and supplier of machines and other products across the world.
The agreement signed in Abuja between the two firms, is for an initial period of six years, commencing in August 2022, and is subject to renewal after the first tenure.
The symbiotic relationship will enable JMT to export Zeetin products to African and international markets.
It will also enable Zeetin leverage on JMT’s network of customers to sell its products across Africa, Middle East, Europe and Asia – in countries like Cameroun, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Algeria, Ghana, Morocco, and India; while JMT will be exporting machine, electrical and electronic parts to the Nigerian firm.
Under the MoU, the Turkey-based company will supply Zeetin with sensitive spare parts for automotive products, act as the technical partner for the Nigerian company as well as collaborate with it in the design and manufacture of vehicles.
The synergy between the two engineering and manufacturing companies also covers the areas of expertise, capacity- building, marketing, manpower development, engineering and technology advancements, research and development.
More About Zeetin
Zeetin Engineering, a Nigerian precision engineering company, is into manufacturing of heavy-duty metal products and spare-parts used in the aviation, construction, railway, marine, oil and gas, automotive, and agriculture industries.
The company aims to bring a wide array of engineering solution expertise cutting across Africa from Nigeria.