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Car factories in Europe remain open, import quotas fixed: Naggar
Domestic market concern has come on the back of repercussions of novel coronavirus (COVID-19)

Nestlé intensifies efforts to maintain health and safety measures across all factories
To fight economic hardships imposed by the pandemic, the Egyptian government implemented a strategy to support the business sector, as it navigated through the economic turmoil. The success of this strategy has been reflected through readiness of the most affected industries to re-operate as markets reopened.

Delta Fertilizers invites international firms to develop its factories
Tender is part of Ministry of Public Enterprises Sector’s endeavours to develop and reform its subsidiary companies

Industry Ministry secures disinfectant factories’ needs of ethanol, methanol
The ICA has conducted 2,108 inspection tours of local factories and 4,413 specialised technical studies in the first quarter of 2020.

General budget bears EGP 6bn extra expenses after cutting electricity prices for factories: source
Law allows government to adjust power prices and bear cost difference

SCEDC threatens to cut power supply to 25 factories for arrears
Minister of Electricity to form joint committee to settle investors’ troubled debts

Egypt’s parliament calls on government to reduce gas prices for factories
Egyptian member of parliament believe fair gas prices for factories is $3.5-4.5 per million British Thermal units

Factories and companies turn to solar energy to reduce electricity bills
Infinity Solar aims to launch 200 MW power plants, sell power to factories

Without safeguard measures, steel factories will stop, laying off 80% of labour
Increased imports caused damage to domestic industry, says investigation authority

Rolling steel factories closed but nobody listened
Steel price hiked by EGP 600, with expected increase of 15% on iron prices during decision period, says Ayad Group chairperson

Empower aims to sell energy to factories on IPP scheme: Elgamal
Company sold electricity produced from waste plants with 900,000 kW/h capacity for EGP 1m

Avena Group plans to increase production after opening 2 new factories
Company exports 30% of its production

HEDAR contracts with 3 Egyptian plants to produce Libyan, Arab folk fashion
HEDAR, a Libyan garment company, has announced that it has contracted with three of the most famous Egyptian factories for EGP 40m to produce a variety of popular and traditional Libyan and Arab fashion. This is to introduce their modern fashion lines to take the new designs in a modern fashion in accordance with the …

Chinese textiles city’s first phase will include 100 factories
Chinese companies negotiate with ACUD to acquire over 60 feddans of land for industrial activities

Electricity Ministry considers parliament’s request to include 25% of fixed installment for factories’ actual consumption
Government has agreed to schedule debts for three months, response to parliament’s memorandum in two weeks

1,202 factories were opened in 2017 with investments of EGP 27bn
Industry sector saw issuing of Industrial Licenses Law, launching the industrial investment map, offering 17.5 msqm in 201

24 factories fully operational in Robiki Leather City
The total number of factories currently operating in the new Robiki Leather City reached about 24, after four new factories began operating, according to Minister of Trade and Industry Tarek Kabil. The minister said that the factories include all activities in the field of tanning leather from small, medium, and large tanneries, in addition to …

810 inspection campaigns for industrial control of factories
Head of the Industrial Control Authority (ICA), Ibrahim Elmonesterly, said that the authority conducted 810 inspection campaigns last October, including the withdrawal of samples and taking the required legal procedures by inspecting factories’ compliance with standards, including quality standards of their products. In addition, 281 specialised technical and economic studies were conducted in the areas …

Launching small industries complex in Sukhna, includes 47 factories with investments worth EGP 800m: Industry Minister
We seek to achieve a real industry that increases GDP rates and create jobs: Kabil

PharmaPlast to establish new factories in Borg El-Arab in 2018
The company allocates EGP 40 mn pounds for the implementation of the first phase of the project

Industry Minister inaugurates two new factories in Beni Suef with Egyptian-Korean investments of EGP200m
Laying the foundation stone of an integrated industrial complex for the production of household appliances with investments of EGP 2.4bn

EGP 100bn investments pumped into 5,000 factories in the engineering sector: CEI chairperson
FEI is currently trying through its 23 committees to improve the business climate in Egypt, says FEI’s executive director

Industry ministry completes transfer of 10 factories to Al Robeiki Leather City
The transfer of the second batch of Magra Al-Oyoun’s factories to the new city will start soon, says minister

ABB invests in medium voltage instrument transformers, local components reaching 60%
Eng. Mohamed Salem, head of medium voltage BU and manager of ABB factories at 10th of Ramadan City, said that ABB possesses an annual export capacity of $30m for Medium Voltage Instrument Transformers. This is the first MV Instrument Transformers factory of its kind in Africa and the Middle East with investment reaching $10m using …

Rubex will start to develop five new factories in the second half of 2017
The pound’s flotation will double the company’s exports in foreign currency by the end of the year

Universal Group has 14 factories in Egypt: Abdel Ghani
The company produces 1.2m cookers and 700,000 heaters in Egypt annually

Military production factories launch new products for consumers

Communications Ministry receives 5 requests to establish electronic, battery factories in new technological areas
Factories will be established in partnership with the government, represented in joint stock company Silicon Waha

Workers return to locked down Alexandria Shipyard factories
600 out of 2,400 workers are to operate in the factory which was shut down following a strike in May

Cabinet increases electricity prices for factories by 23%
Cabinet to lift the electricity subsidy gradually on high-consumption segments until 2019, says electricity minister