The Managing Director of Radi Services Limited, Engineer Abdallah .Hashim Abdallah standing in the middle holding a trophy his company had just received for the International Golden Construction Award in a ceremony held in Madrid, Spain in mid of October this year. He is flanked on his right by Mr. Arbon Constantine, the commercial artisan to the Embassy of Romania in Spain, and on his left by Mr,. Arsenio Pardo, the President of Editorial Office and the Secretary General of the Trade Leader’s Club based in Madrid Spain.
Describing on this achievement, the Managing Director of Radi Services Ltd, Engineer Abdallah .H. Abdallah said in an interview that, to be considered for this prestigious award, a local company must be working in collaboration with the international companies listed in the club’s database which has over 7,000 registered international companies worldwide. According to him, upon joining with the club, the company has its business activities monitored by experts in the field of construction to see the trend of its business if it conforms to an international level standards. The advantages attained is to get an international business communication in terms of getting foreign customers to work with. However, he said, already his company is working with more than 15 international companies accredited in the country which deals in construction and transport that targets mostly the economic development of the country.
The headquarter building of Radi Services Ltd, located along Mbezi Beach Industrial area on the outskirts of Dar es Salaam city.
Radi Services Ltd, being registered as the electrical contractor, also does maintenance work on electrical machines as well as industrial machine repair, therefore it falls under this category and in view of this fact, it was credited to be the leading in the country. Other countries with the number of companies in brackets that won the same award are as follows, Morocco (1), Tunisia (1), Spain (1), Kenya (2), Malaysia (3), Mexico (3), Turkey (1), Brazil (2) Senegal (4) and Burundi (1). Others were China (1), Montenegro (2), Mongolia (1), Romania (1), Peru (1), Burkina Faso (1), Cape Verde (1), Algeria (3), Russia (1), Albania (1), Greece (1) and Ivory Coast (1). from the respective countries.
Radi Services Ltd was established in 2002 with a view of carrying out repair and services of nearly all kinds of electrical motors, generators and transformers. The firm is also an electrical contractors and does pro-active maintenance and contract services. The establishment of Radi Services came into being after the former company by the name of ABB Pemaco Ltd which was doing the same job closed down its service industry business and entered into other business ventures. The company inherited the core activities as well as its premises located along Bagamoyo Road in Mbezi light industrial area about 22 kilometers away from the Dar es Salaam city center. The ABB started their businesses in 1999 after the former Pemaco-Bevi, a Swedish based company faced with eminent closure, allowed its management team to acquire its shares which were later bought by Radi Services Ltd. The company kicked off with a newly formed team of locally trained Tanzanian graduates of Mechanical and Automobile engineering who decided to re-employ the existing staff and continued to retain the top cream professionals in the field who have enough experience on repair and service industry. The firm has the best workshop of its kind within East Africa which has excellent expertise, providing quality job at affordable rates, quality management and assurance and it’s virtually proud of its good services if offers to their customers. From its inception, the firm started with a single repair workshop and later increased the number to include three more department which are workshop, contracting and service department. The essence of this endeavor was to bring services closer to the customers. The company has net been left behind in implementation of National Strategic Development Goals. By doing this, the firm carries various forms of social responsibilities aimed at environmental protection and conservation within the area of its operation as these are the country’s major strategic goals for economic recovery. In relation to its market potentials, the firm believes that embracing service is ultimately the key to accelerate economic growth and development in third world countries. In view of this, the company recognizes that their business existence and continued success is dependent on how well they meet their responsibilities to various important stakeholders whom they strive to put at the center of business.
The Managing Director is standing with other awardees during the award giving ceremony in Spain.
Due to lack of local sources materials for work at the firm’s workshop, Radi Services Ltd has the obligation to import some products for use to run with their industrial services. Some of the materials are for the insulation, vanishes, winding and enamel copper wire. In Tanzania, the company provides its services to many companies as follows:- With cement companies the firm works with Tanzania Portland Cement Company (TPCC) run by Heidelberg International, Tanga Cement which is owned by a South African based firm, and Mbeya Cement Company. In sugar companies, there is Kilombero Sugar Co. (Ilovo Sugar), Mtibwa sugar Co. Ltd, TPC Ltd in Moshi and Kagera sugar. The firm also provides services to National Power Utility (TANESCO) firm for its transformers, DAWASCO and the Tanzania Ports Authority (TPA). Others are Independent Power (T) Ltd, International Container Terminal services (TICS), and Swiss port (T) Ltd. With mining companies, the company works with Kahama mines, Buhemba and Geita Gold mines and Williamson Diamond mines.With the Railways companies, the firm works with Tanzania Railways Company Ltd, Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA). With beverages and cigarette companies, the works with Tanzania Breweries Ltd, Coca-Cola Kwanza and Tanzania Cigarette company. With metal and plastic companies, the firm works with ALAF Co. Ltd, Cortex, Simba plastic and Sunchack Plastic, whereas with Site works and Service contract, the firm works with PPF House, Barclays House, 50 Mirambo House and Diplomatic International House
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