Gatepro Steel Plc. was founded in 1982 as an indigenous
steel manufacturing company. It was founded with an initial capital of Birr
45,000.00. Today, the registered capital has grown to over Birr 600,000,000.
Gatepro is a pioneer in the flat & structural steel industry in Ethiopia, and has contributed significantly to infrastructure development over the last 35 years.
Girma Afework, Managing Director of Gatepro PLC,
founded the company. He is a Structural and Industrial Engineer by profession.
Other company staffs are highly dependent structural, mechanical and electrical
engineers with minimum qualification of BSC from American and Ethiopian
Universities.
The family-owned company employs over 80 permanent
and contracted employees, and places strong values in human resource management
and employee retention.
Currently,
the company is commissioning a facility, to design and manufacture Transmission
Towers, Substations, and accessories for the Power sector, tele-communication sector and all structural elements, like structural
steel for pre-engineered steel buildings and furthermore, for free-span steel
bridges including galvanizing.
Our clients are but not limited to: Utility
companies across East Africa in power and telecoms, Real Estate and
Construction Companies, EPC contractors, while providing galvanizing services for steel companies, among others.