NATIONAL ALCOHOL & LIQUOR FACTORY
National Alcohol & Liquor Factory is a state-owned business organisation, which has been pioneering alcohol production in Ethiopia since its Sebeta branch factory was established in
1906.
It currently has two facilities and produces extra neutral alcohol (ENA) used in liquor production, laboratory work, and medicine production; denatured alcohol for clinical purposes, used in beauty salons and cleaning equipment; and its own brand liquors. These include Baro’s Dry Gin, Vodka, Ouzo and Coffee Liqueur.
NALF’s Mekanissa factory distillery plant produces 18,000 litres of ENA per day, while its Sebeta branch produces 12,000 litres. NALF’s overall annual designed production capacity is 10,950,000 litres and nine million litre attainable capacity.
Over the 2019/20 budget year, NALF produced 5,260,413 litres of ENA, 12,999,193 litres of various liquors, 128,845 litres of hand sanitiser and 522,268 litres of denatured alcohol. This performance data shows a deviation from the factory’s attainable capacity. According to the CEO, this is in large part due to local input shortage of ingredients such as molasses and technical alcohol.
NALF employs around 1,070 workers in permanent, temporary and contract positions, and through outsourced activities such as unloading, cleaning and security.
Its clients are both regional and foreign agents, groceries, hotels and restaurants.
“National Alcohol & Liquor Factory occupies a pioneering status, signalling a major breakthrough in the onset of beverage industrialisation in Ethiopia over the last century,” the CEO says.