materials founded 2004 headquarters lubowa uganda key people sikander lalani chairman and chief executive officer services manufacture of steel & polyvinyl chloride pipes number of employees 3 000 2016 website homepage roofings group often referred to simply as roofings is the largest manufacturer of steel construction materials in uganda 1 2 with installed production capacity of 72 000 metric tonnes annually . 3 contents 1 location 2 history 3 ownership 4 governance 5 recent developments 6 see also 7 references 8 external links location edit the headquarters of the group and two of its manufacturing companies and factories are located on 39 acres 16 ha at lubowa wakiso district on the kampala entebbe road 4 approximately 10 kilometres 6.2 mi south of kampala the capital and largest city of uganda . 5 new premises were acquired at the kampala industrial and business park at namanve also in wakiso district to house new steel mills belonging to roofings subsidiary company roofings rolling mills limited rrm the third company in the conglomerate . it is expected that once the new facilities are brought on line employment at roofings limited and rrm will triple from the present 1 000 to about 3 000 . 2 the new factories will be built and operated in collaboration with two japanese steel companies yodogawa steel works and fujiden international . the japanese firms will in turn take an equity position in rrm . 6 more recently the group has opened a polyvinyl chloride pipes and building materials factory at lubowa the roofings polypipes . 7 in addition to the factories and offices at lubowa and namanve the company maintains warehouses and attached sales offices at the following locations 8 arua park superstore 1 13 13a wilson road kampala nakasero booking office 2 3 market street nakasero kampala industrial area superstore 3 2 3 channel lane and 5th street industrial area kampala jinja superstore 4 4 6 spire road jinja gulu superstore 6 latek odong road downtown gulu gulu banda superstore 7 mukabya road banda kampala roofings manufacturing limited kigali rwanda 9 history edit the company was established in 1994 following licensing facilitated by the uganda investment authority . the company in 2008 was producing about 100 000 metric tonnes of steel annually . in february 2011 roofings secured funding from the international finance corporation an arm of the world bank totaling us 25 million for expansion of production facilities . 10 this was in addition to a syndicated loan of us 64 million obtained from a consortium of six ugandan commercial banks obtained in december 2010 for the same purpose . when all of the planned expansion is completed the company s exports will more than double to over us 130 million annually . the company s products are marketed to the six member countries of the east african community and to the neighboring democratic republic of the congo . 2 11 ownership edit as of march 2016 the shares of the three companies that comprise the group were owned as outlined below 12 roofings limited wholly owned by sikander lalani and his family . roofings rolling mills 90 percent owned by roofings limited and 10 percent owned by yodogawa steel works limited of japan . this facility cost us 170 million to establish in 2014 . 13 roofings polypipes & irrigation systems limited wholly owned subsidiary of roofings limited . governance edit the roofings board of directors has seven members all of whom are executives in the company . sikander lalani serves as the chairman of the board and chief executive officer . the ceo is assisted by 31 senior managers who are responsible for running the day to day affairs of the company . 14 recent developments edit in september 2016 the group received government authorization to supply the country s infrastructure projects including the 600 megawatt karuma hydroelectric power station and the 183 megawatt isimba hydroelectric power station which are under construction . 13 see also edit uganda investment authority economy of uganda references edit ifc 18 may 2010 . roofings rolling mills limited summary of proposed investment . washington dc international finance corporation ifc . retrieved 8 march 2016 . a b c otage stephen 30 august 2013 . new steel plant set to employ 2 000 people . daily monitor . kampala . retrieved 9 march 2016 . mugabe david 1 march 2016 . roofings looking to bigger distribution network through sgr . new vision . kampala . retrieved 8 march 2016 . rgu 8 march 2016 . roofings group about us . kampala roofings group uganda rgu . retrieved 8 march 2016 . gfc 8 march 2016 . distance between kampala road kampala central region uganda and lubowa police post kampala central region uganda . globefeed.com gfc . retrieved 8 march 2016 . rgu 8 march 2016 . roofings group investors . kampala roofings group uganda rgu . retrieved 8 march 2016 . rgu 9 march 2016 . roofings group roofings poly pipes . kampala roofings group uganda rgu . retrieved 9 march 2016 . rgu 8 march 2016 . roofings group contact us . kampala roofings group uganda rgu . retrieved 8 march 2016 . kwihangana sarah 6 august 2014 . roofings group looks to open manufacturing plant in rwanda . new times rwanda . kigali . retrieved 8 march 2016 . mugabe david 8 february 2011 . roofings company gets u.s. 25 million for namanve . new vision . kampala . retrieved 8 march 2016 . cro 21 november 2013 . projects roofings rolling mills rrm . construction review online cro . retrieved 8 march 2016 . rgu 10 march 2016 . roofings group share holders . kampala roofings group uganda rgu . retrieved 10 march 2016 . a b kazooba charles 10 september 2016 . roofings limited to get uganda government projects . the east african . nairobi . retrieved 10 september 2016 . rgu 8 march 2016 . roofings group management team . kampala roofings group uganda rgu . retrieved 8 march 2016 . external links edit website of roofings limited website of uganda investment authority location of company headquarters and main factory at wikimapia v t e wakiso district capital wakiso counties and sub counties kyaddondo county busiro county parishes busukuma entebbe gombe kakiri katabi kasanje kira masulita mutundwe nabweru namayumba nangabo nansana nsangi ssabagabo ssisa wakiso towns and villages akright city abayita ababiri banda buddo bulindo buloba entebbe kabojja kira bweyogerere kireka kirinnya namugongo kasangati katalemwa kigulu kyaliwajjala gayaza gombe nakweero matugga wakiso kakiri nansana kajjansi sentema lubowa lweeza namulonge naalya najjera namanve nsangi nsasa kyengera nabbingo kawanda kisubi kitikifumba kijabijo kimwanyi kitukutwe masulita ssabagabo wampeewo magere economy akright projects limited kingstone enterprises limited kampala industrial and business park chrysanthemums uganda limited roofings group ugachick limited uganda clays limited banking bank of africa uganda limited barclays bank of uganda centenary bank crane bank ecobank equity bank uganda limited fina 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expressway kampala masaka road kampala hoima road energy namugoga solar power station hoima kampala petroleum products pipeline kenya uganda rwanda petroleum products pipeline uetcl kawanda substation umeme namugongo substation education uganda martyrs high school namugongo gayaza high school king s college budo st. mary s college kisubi trinity college nabbingo african bible college uganda nkumba university university of kisubi health entebbe general hospital entebbe military hospital kisubi hospital mpererwe hospital kasangati health centre iv katabi updaf health centre iii notable people arthur sserwanga gilbert bukenya nelson sewankambo herman kasekende louis kasekende julia sebutinde israel kibirige ssebunya samson kisekka kiiza besigye christophr evans kaweesi luwagga kizito glaydah namukasa martin ondeko hakim sendagire rosemary seninde arthur sserwanga dennis galabuzi ssozi coordinates 00 14 28 n 32 33 26 e 0.24111 n 32.55722 e 0.24111 ; 32.55722 retrieved from https 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