EXPORPLAS SA, which manufactures twisted polyethylene twines and ropes, may start producing braided products.
Also, this Portuguese company is looking into setting up a factory in Mozambique.
"We are contemplating making braided twines," confirms Eduardo Marques, Exporplas' commercial director.
"A study has been made and it's a project for next year."
Talking about Mozambique, a former Portuguese territory, he tells FNI that a proposed rope and twine making factory there would most likely be set-up at Beira, which has a railway and harbour.
The plan is to begin making polyethylene ropes and twines, probably in 2000, for marketing in southern Africa and elsewhere.
"Mozambique can import raw material from South Africa, and we would apply our know-how and lend our support," says Eduardo Marques.
"There
