Lafarge Africa Plc has begun vocational training for hundreds of tilers in the country with a view to improving their skills and expertise.
Lafarge Africa, one of the giant cement and building solutions firms in Nigeria, has also innovated super tiling adhesive solutions through the introduction of Lafarge Supafix, a tile adhesive made of cement, aggregates as well as organic and inorganic additives, as part of the company’s strategy ( Lafarge’s Strategy 2022), focusing on building for growth strategic plan for the country.
Speaking at the Lafarge Africa Plc Sports Day 2019 held at Sagamu International Stadium in Ogun state over the weekend, Michel Puchercos, the country chief executive officer, Lafarge Africa Plc, said that the firm’s belief in Nigeria’s project, her economic growth and development, prompted the company’s innovations that are being targeted on economy and human capital development.
Puchercos, who was represented at the event by Adamu Mohammed, Ewekoro Cement Plant operations manager of Lafarge Africa Plc, said, “As a company, we are producing products that meet our customers’ demands. Beyond that, we are going into innovations to ensure that will satisfy the customers, give them products that they have not experienced before.
“We have Supafix which is a new product. We are bringing it to market, to help in placing tiles, there are innovations that Lafarge is involved in, to satisfy the customers and even go beyond expectations.
“One thing that makes us different is that we don’t just send products out, we follow the products to see how they are used and what we can do to impact people that are using the products positively, in terms of of giving them required knowledge because.
“It is one thing to have a product, but if you don’t know how to mix or the right proportion to mix, it becomes something that will not give you the right value. So, we organise seminars for block makers to enlighten them on what to do. Now that we have this new product which is Supafix, it’s again important to engage these tilers, let them know how to utilise this product because if you have a good product and you don’t know how to use it, you can’t get a full benefit.
” As a company, I can assure you that we will engage the tilers and make them understand how it’s going to be used. It’s not about them alone, it’s about those that pay money to get the job done. They will not be happy as somebody who has bought the product and somebody applied it and after sometime, the tiles are falling off.”
RAZAQ AYINLA
