YASCAI AND FAMILY PLC

Industry

Food ingredients, Textiles & leather

Topics

Sweeteners, polyols & starch derivatives

Role

Producer — “…** - Starch for carton box manufacturing ( ) - Sizing starch for textiles ( ) - Oxidized starch for paper and…”

Why it is bioeconomy

YASCAI AND FAMILY PLC is an Ethiopian manufacturing company that produces bio-based adhesives and starch products derived from indigenous resources like enset.

Found via

[Rubric] Ethiopia · paints

Products: Starch for carton box manufacturing; Sizing starch for textiles; Oxidized starch for paper and soap production; Casein-based glue for labeling factories; Lamination adhesive for printing and packaging companies; Pet adhesive for detergent companies; Multipurpose adhesive for all types of companies; Labeling Adhesive; Corrugation and Pasting Starch; Sizing Starch

Certifications: ISO; ISO 9001:2015

Applications

Industrial-grade adhesives · Commercial adhesives · Specialty adhesives for packaging · Woodworking · Automotive · construction · manufacturing · automotive · packaging

Certifications (website)

ISO · ISO 9001:2015

Customers & partners

Happy Clients · Heineken Breweries S.C. · BGI Ethiopia PLC · United Beverages Share Company

Production sites

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia · Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Products (website)

Starch for carton box manufacturing · Sizing starch for textiles · Oxidized starch for paper and soap production · Casein-based glue for labeling factories · Lamination adhesive for printing and packaging companies · Pet adhesive for detergent companies · Multipurpose adhesive for all types of companies · Labeling Adhesive — Casein-based · Corrugation and Pasting Starch · Sizing Starch · Lamination Adhesive · Wood Adhesive

Read from the company's own website: about · production · quality · contact · topic · topic · topic · topic

• 2025-08-28 Ethiopian firm eyes partnership with Chinese ventilator manufacturers-China International Import Expo
  Yascai and Family Plc. of Ethiopia is developing a ventilator prototype and seeking Chinese partnerships to manufacture the product locally for both domestic and international markets, leveraging its automation expertise and emphasis on innovation.
• 2025-04-28 New Firm Set to Launch as Ethiopia’s First Dedicated Life Insurer Since 2012 - Birr Metrics
  Family Insurance (the new Ethiopian firm) is led by founder Yeraeifirae Sileshi and aims to become Ethiopia’s first dedicated life insurer since 2012, with a strong healthcare focus and governance measures (capped individual ownership at 1.25%) to attract …
• 2026-01-10 Meet the Japanese entrepreneur who raised $7 million to build Ethiopia’s fastest-growing EV company | Business Insider Africa
  This article profiles Yuma Sasaki (YASCAI) and his venture Dodai, highlighting how Sasaki, with patient Japanese investment, is building Ethiopia’s fastest-growing EV company around locally assembled lithium-ion motorcycles and upcoming battery-swapping …
• 2025-04-05 Ethiopia's EV Landscape Transformed By Japanese Entrepreneur
  Dodai, led by Japanese entrepreneur Yuma Sasaki, is the fast-growing EV maker in Ethiopia, focusing on electric two-wheelers for delivery with lithium-ion batteries and a strong early partnership with the Ethiopian Postal Service. It’s not about YASCAI AND …
• 2026-04-28 Dodai raises $13m to grow electric motorbike network in Ethiopia - Workforce Africa | The Preferred HR Partner for Africa
  Dodai’s $13M Series A funding (equity $8M, debt $5M) to expand electric motorbike and battery-swapping infrastructure in Addis Ababa does not mention YASCAI AND FAMILY PLC. The article focuses on Dodai, its investors, Ethiopia’s push for electric mobility, and …
• 2026-05-07 UTokyo Innovation Platform Co Ltd (via Public) / UTokyo IPC announces Investment in Dodai Group, Inc.
  This article does not mention YASCAI AND FAMILY PLC at all. It discusses UTokyo IPC’s investment in Dodai Group, Inc., an Ethiopian electric-mobility company led by CEO Yuma Sasaki.

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