BIOGRAPHY




Brief history of Soni Technical Services Ltd

Started serving process industry by repairing maintenance and supply of parts and equipment to sugar and Tea industries in 1985 and by the tear 2015 entered by projects in turnkey contracts of cement industry.

How has the firm evolved over the years

YEAR 1985 - 1998

  • Mostly repair and maintenance .
  • Juice Heater 286m – Manufactured, installed and commissioned at Chemelil Sugar Company.  Type – Vertical Multipass Tubular Heating Surface (Through our Principles).

YEAR – 1999

Modified Existing Unigrator Rotor by replacing the fixed hammer types with 60 swing type hammers and pocketed type anvil having 160 wrap angle swing diameter of 2000mm using the existing rotor shaft bearings and drive. (Through our Principles).

YEAR – 2001

Vacuum Pan – 60T – Erected at Chemelil Sugar Company including Pan Cadendria, Massecuite Discharge Valve Pan condenser, Panometer Injection water Pump Insulation and Cladding Heating Surface – 277m2  (STS did installation commissioning work).

YEAR – 2002

Re-Tubing of one Boiler at South Nyanza Sugar CO.

YEAR – 2003

  • Erection Job of Boiler Economizer at South Nyanza Sugar Co. (STS did installation commissioning work).
  • Modification of Existing Air Pre-heater at South Nyanza Sugar CO. FROM 660M to 990m2 (STS did installation, commissioning work).

YEAR – 2004

  • Boilers Air –heater modification at South Nyanza Sugar Co. (STS did installation commissioning work).
  • Designed, Manufactured and supplied Boiler ID Fans Motors Base Frame foundation bolts coupling soft start to South Nyanza Sugar Co. (STS did installation, Commissioning work).
  • Re- tubing of two Boilers at Chemelil Sugar Co.
  • Re-tubing of one Boiler at South Nyanza Sugar Co.

YEAR – 2005

  • Supplied, installed and Commissioned automatic imbibition Control for cane Mills.
  • Supplied installed and commissioned variable speed drives on Pre-milling.
  • Re-tubing of Super heater Elements and Main Bank Tubes of Water Tube bagasse fired 36000 Kg/Hr Boiler No. 01 at South Nyanza Sugar Co.
  • Erection Job of Fiberizor at Nzoia Sugar Co. (STS did installation, commissioning work)
  • Erection Job of Air Pre-heater on Boiler No. 02 at Nzoia Sugar Co. (STS did installation commissioning work).

YEAR – 2007

Supplied installed and Commissioned Pan Boiling automation at Nzoia Sugar Co.

YEAR – 2008

Vertical crystallizer 250m3 installed at Nzoia Sugar Co.

YEAR – 2009

  • THREE NUMBERS OF Mud Filter Servicing and refurbishment of Mud Filter Station in Nzoia Sugar Company
  • Completer Re-tubing of Boiler No. 4 in Chemelil Sugar Company.
  • Partial Re-Tubing of Boiler No. 1, 2 and 3 in Chemelil Sugar company
  • Rehabilitation work of3rd-4th Evaporator body in Chemelil Sugar Company.
  • Servicing of complete Mill Automation in in Nzoia Sugar Company
  • Mill Head Stock key way refurbishment in Chemelil Sugar Company.
  • Refurbishment of various mill spares for Muhoroni Sugar Mill company.

YEAR – 2010

  • Mill maintenance  during annual maintenance at SOUTH Nyanza Sugar Mill Company
  • Refurbishment work of Mill head stock for South Nyanza Sugar Mill Company like Trash beam, Bearing housing, under feed rollers fulcrums etc.

YEAR – 2011

  • Fabrication, installation and commissioning work of 25 meters high and one meter diameter chimney for Finalay’s Tea.
  • Refurbishment of complete turbine rotor for Muhoroni Sugar Company;
  • Refurbishment work of six turbine governors for Muhoroni Sugar Company.
  • Refurbishment and white metaling of 24 Nos. of Mill hearings for Kagera Sugar Mill.
  • Deshelling and Shaft refurbishment of 6 Nos. of Sugar Mill Rollers for  Muhoroni Sugar Company.

YEAR – 2013 -2016

  • Expansion and upgrade of Transmara Sugar factory from 1650 TCE to 4500TCD.
  • Refurbishment of heavy equipment and heat exchangers at East Africa Portland Cement.
  • Fabrication and Erection of 3000MT/Day clinker plant at National Cement Imali.
  • Successfully carried out Mill maintenance and Mill refurbishment work at Sony Sugar
  • Carried out refurbishment work, shrink fitting of Mill roller shell – 18 Nos. for Nzoia Sugar.
  • Machining and Balancing of 3, 5 and 5 5 MW Turbine Rotor for KENGEN Olkana Plant.
  • Fabrication and supply of silencer for Geo Thermal Project Kengen
  • Fabrication, Machinining and supply of Fiberizor hammer – 68 Nos. to Sony Sugar
  • Refurbishment of TURF Mill Roller – 2 Nos. for Sony Sugar.
  • Fabrication and assembly of Fiberizor rotor to West Kenya Sugar (Busia Plant).
  • Fabrication and supply of slats used in sugar cane crushing.
    1. West Kenya Sugar – 1000 Nos.
    2. Nzoia Sugar – 700 Nos.
    3. Muhoroni Sugar – 1000 Nos.
    4. Chemelil Sugar 500 Nos. and etc.
  • Refurbishment of Centrifugal basket K1100 – 5Nos for Nzoia Sugar
  • Refurbishment of Mill Roller shells – 14 Nos. for Transmara Sugar Ltd
  • Supply of Mill Roller Shells, shrink fitting of Mill roller shell with shaft – 24 Nos. for Butali Sugar Company;
  • Testing and commissioning of 80 Ton Vacuum pan automation work at Sony Sugar.
  • Boiler Air heater Re-tubing work at Sony Sugar.

YEAR – 2017

TRANSMARA SUGAR COMPANY –CIVIL WORKS

  • Construction of workshop store
  • Construction of studio rooms at Milimani payable in 3 installments at 35%.
  • Tilling works without materials considering labour.
  • Junior Housing No. 3 Milimani.
  • Sugar godown mall demolition.
  • Bracketing plant in balling machine foundation.
  • Extension of workshop store.
  • Magma Migler  AH- MOL area floor repair and new boiler area.
  • Ramp at Sugar godown area.
  • Charges for Effluent Treatment Plant – civil work
  • Kipkeri Regional Office.

TRANSMARA SUGAR COMPANY – MECHANICAL WORKS

  • IJT boiler chute dismantling fabrication and erection.
  • Namkor Boiler fan ducting
  • IJT Boiler 2nd chute.
  • Extra jobs in brequeting plant.
  • Erection of bale machine in brequeting plant
  • Dismantling of baggage conveyor chute.
  • Extra jobs on feeder table.
  • 30 Ton EOT Crane assembly and erection alignment.
  • Work in Effluent Treating Plant.
  • Charges for feeder table erection.
  • Hydra repair.

LONDON DISTILLERS KENYA – EMALI

  • Painting of 2 tanks molasses tanks.
  • Erection of new Praj Plant.
  • Extension of cooling tower.
  • Digester storage tank.

AGRO-CHEMICAL

  • Reconditioning of 4 Nos. centrifugal pump pedestal – Bearing fit tightly pump pedestal to be re returned to vendor with a shaft completely assembled with bearing.
  • Refurbishment of 1490 Tons Molasses Tank No. 02 Labour Only.
  • Refurbishment of chilled water supply and distribution system – lagging and cladding must be tested to attain cladding surface temperatures of –VE or I VE 2 below ambient at all points and times.
  • Used worm wheel for reconditioning part No. 33513449
  • Biogas booster fan for balancing.

YEAR – 2018

KENYA ELECTRICITY GENERATING CO.

  • Construction, testing and commissioning of wellhead silence for Eburu Power Plant.
  • Portable silencer for Geothermal Development.

VARIETY OF CUSTOMERS REPAIR , MAINTENANCE AND FABRICATION WORKS DONE AT THE WORKSHOP

  • Soni Sugar Company
  • Muhoroni Sugar Company
  • Chemelil Sugar Company
  • Nzoia Sugar Company
  • Sukari Sugar Company
  • Kibos Sugar and allied works
  • Butali Sugar Company
  • Transmara Sugar Company.

KENYA TEA DEVELOPMENT URGENCY HOLDING TEA FACTORIES

  • Region 5 – Kericho Highlands.
  • Region 6 – Kisii Highlands.
  • Region 7 – Nandi Hills and Western.
  • James Finlays Tea Factory.
  • Sotik Tea Factory.
  • Changoi Tea Factory.
  • Chebut Tea Factory.
  • Chelal Tea Factory.
  • Eastern Produce Kenya Limited.
  • Gianchore Tea Factory.
  • Itumbe Tea Factory
  • Kapkatet Tea Factory
  • Kapchorwa Tea Factory
  • Kapkoros Tea Factory
  • Kapsara Tea Factory
  • Kapset Tea Factory
  • Williamson Tea Factory.
  • Unilever Tea Factory
  • Toror Tea Factory
  • Tombe Tea Factory
  • Tingaga Tea Factory
  • Tinderet Tea Factory
  • Kebirigo Tea Factory
  • Mudete Tea Factory
  • Nandi Tea Factory.
Large projects we have undertaken recently

  • In the year 2014 Transmara Sugar factory erection, fabrication, instrumentation and commissioning.
  • In the years 2015 – 2016 – National Cement Company Limited/Simba Cement – Completer factory project, biggest clinkerization plant in East Africa 3000 TD.