Business :
- Sugar processing
- Sugar agglomerating plant
- Wrapped sugar production (wrapped sugar lumps and sugar sticks)
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Legal information :
Company ruled by Cameroonese business law, created in 1964, based in Yaoundé, with a capital 21.228.526 Euros (13.925.000.000 francs CFA)
Headquarters address: BP 857 - Yaoundé - CAMEROON
Highlights :
Production capacity :
- 4,000 tons of sugar canes ground daily in N'Koteng
- 2,310 tons of sugar canes ground daily in M'Bandjock
2010 Production and sales :
-46,950 harvested acres
-1.1 million tons of canes
-105,000 tons of produced sugar
-130,000 tons of sold sugar
Including 12,200 tons of lump sugar and 10,800 tons of exported sugar (9,300 tons to Chad and 1,500 tons of lump sugar to Congo)
Site presentation :
The SOSUCAM sugar plant was created in 1965 on the M'Bandjock site about 60 miles away from Yaoundé. A second sugar plant, the CAMSUCO plant, was set up on the N'Koteng site in 1977 about 20 miles away from the first one. As the latter sugar plant was privatized by the SOMDIAA Group both sites merged to form a single company.
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Since 2009 SOSUCAM has been marketing its sugar under the Princesse Tatie brand. Tthis mass-produced ready-to-eat sugar is conditioned in packages appropriate for the Cameroonese market.
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SOSUCAM obtained certifications :
- quality control : ISO 9001 V2000 : delivered in 2008 by VERITAS certification France for the compliance of its quality management system; renewed every year.
- product compliance: NC11:2001: delivered by the Cameroones Governement authorities following an audit completed by an independent office; it confirms SOSUCAM's capacity to produce sugar compliant with international standards.
- environmental compliance certificate :also delivered by the Governement authorities following an audit. It confirms SOSUCAM's will to apply environment-friendly work methods, preserving the natural environment of its employees and neighboring populations.·
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The SOSUCAM Fondation
The SOSUCAM Foundation was administratively created on January 5, 2011 during its constituent General Assembly. Considering the size of the two SOSUCAM sites and in order to guaranty recipients better access two locations will open one in Nkoteng and one in Mbandjock.
Two field specialists will be working in each site: a Solidarité Internationale volunteer working as an independent consultant for the Foundation and a Cameroonese Local Development facilitator.
The launch of the first site in N’Koteng took place on Monday April 4, 2011.
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Other SOSUCAM development projects :
Tracking:The SOSUCAM launched a tracking and monitoring project applying to its means of transportation in order to optimize its commutes, hence its fuel consumption.
GPS-guidance: The use of that GPS-guidance technology on machines contributes to the streamlined application of fertilizers according to soil characteristics and helps reduce their use as a result.
Telemedicine: Telemedicine helps provide medical consultation services and specialized health care (cardiologist) to populations living on remote sites such as the sugar plant sites.
The Group selected the N'Koteng site in Cameroon to launch its pilot project in partnership with GENESIS TELECARE, a Cameroonese company specialized in that area.
The N'Koteng Telemedicine Center opened on February 18, 2010.
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