Turner & Newall Limited and later owners plant at Emene (Enugu), Eastern Region

In June 1961, Asbestos, the industry's trade journal, reported that Turner & Newall Limited "intend to build a factory in the Eastern Region of Nigeria which will provide regular work for 300 Nigerians," adding: "The factory is planned to be at Emene, seven miles from Enugu."³ In December 1965 the same journal reported that Turners Asbestos Cement (Nigeria) Limited "is producing asbestos-cement pipe at its plant in Enugu."¹ The 1961 plan names Emene and the 1965 report names Enugu; this page treats them as one plant, but neither source says they are the same.^1,3

In 1978, Asbestos reported that capacity at Turners Building Products (Emene), in Anambra State, Nigeria, "is to be increased from 22,000 to 47,500 metric tons per year by the installation of a second machine for the manufacture of asbestos-cement sheets and the erection of a new asbestos fiber store."² That was a plan when it was reported; the sources here do not say whether the second machine was installed.²

Location

What each document says

Every statement about this plant in the documents, in each document's own words.

Other names

Documents call this plant “a factory in the Eastern Region of Nigeria ... at Emene, seven miles from Enugu”, “its plant in Enugu”, “Turners Building Products (Emene), in Anambra State, Nigeria”.

See also

• Turner & Newall Limited: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
• Turners Asbestos Cement (Nigeria) Limited: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants

References

1. Asbestos Magazine, 1965, December 1965 (December 1, 1965), p. 5.
2. Asbestos Magazine, 1978, January 1978 (January 1, 1978), p. 34.
3. Asbestos Magazine, 1961, June 1961 (June 1, 1961), p. 54.