AEF Deraswiss Zimbabwe (Pvt) Ltd. SUMMARY OF PROJECT INFORMATION (SPI)    Project Name	Zimbabwe: Deraswiss Zimbabwe (Private) Limited    Region	Sub-Saharan Africa    Sector 	Leather Tanning and Finishing    Project No	009168    Projected Board	March 31, 1999   Date:    Company Name	Deraswiss Zimbabwe (Private) Limited    Technical Partner and/or Major Shareholders    	The sponsors are the Hamawi Family (90%), Emmanuel Mutemi (5%) and Owen Chikwature (5%). The Hamawi family (Steven and Xenia Hamawi) has been involved in the leather tanning business since 1930. Messrs. Emmanuel Mutemi and Owen Chikwature are senior officers in the company, with a total of twelve years experience in the leather industry.    Project Cost Including proposed IFC investment    	The project cost is US$2.5 million and IFC has been requested to provide a loan of US$1.1 million.    Location of project and Description of site    	The project is located in industrial area of Kadoma, 140 km south of Harare, Zimbabwe.    Description of Company and Purpose of Project    Deras is a Zimbabwe leather manufacturing company, which was established in 1991 with a capacity to process 120,000 hides per annum to the wet blue stage.  Deras uses wet salted and green hides sourced from private and government abattoirs. The company now intends to expand its capacity to 180,000 hides per year of wet blue and introduce a finishing line which will be capable of processing 90,000 hides per year.    Environmental Category and Issues    	This is a Category B project according to IFC''s environmental review procedure.  Key environmental health and safety issues that were analyzed include site contamination from past or present activities; solid waste and liquid effluent treatment and disposal; storage, handling, and disposal or hazardous materials including chrome; source of water and power supply; employee training and provision of personal protective equipment; fire safety and response; and plant safety and general housekeeping.  The sponsors have provided IFC with environmental, health and safety information regarding their current operations and proposed expansion.  In addition, IFC has reviewed detailed information from the project appraisal report regarding proposed improvements to the effluent treatment system.  The sponsors have agreed to undertake specific mitigation measures to ensure that the project complies with all relevant IFC guidelines, and established a timetable for completing these activities that is acceptable to IFC.  Details of the proposed operating procedures and mitigation measures are provided in the Environmental Review Summary (ERS) for the project, which will be available from the InfoShop before March 1, 1999.    Host Country location of		Zimbabwe   environmental documents    Date SPI sent to PIC			February 8, 1999    This Summary of Project Information is prepared and distributed to the public in advance of consideration of the proposed transaction by the Corporations Board of Directors. It is provided for the purpose of enhancing the transparency of IFCs activities and should not be construed as presuming the outcome of IFC Board consideration.    For additional Information contact: Corporate Relations Unit -    telephone: (202) 473-7711   facsimile: (202) 974-4384  Environmental documents for this project are available at http://www.ifc.org and from the World Bank InfoShop (http://www.worldbank.org/html/pic/aboutinfo.html).