I wonder what is happening in the Ministry of Industry, and has Kamel Al-Wazir’s success mixture appeared or not yet, and has the openings of new projects begun or not yet, and what the team is doing now.. We will tell you all the details in this report, so follow us until the end.
In the last hours, Lieutenant General Engineer Kamel Al-Wazir, Deputy Prime Minister for Industrial Development, Minister of Industry and Transport, made an inspection tour in the industrial zone in the 10th of Ramadan City in Sharkia Governorate, and the team inspected 4 factories specialized in the electrical industries, spinning and weaving, sanitary ware, and fire extinguishers.
Also, the Minister visited the “Elsewedy Pyramids” industrial complex for the development of industrial zones and the Elsewedy Meters Factory “Scramco”, and started with the ABB Electrical Industries factory. The Minister was received at the factory by Andreas Baum, the Swiss Ambassador to Cairo, Kan Amsjord, the Swedish Ambassador to Cairo, and Ahmed Hammad, Chairman of the Company’s Board of Directors.
Today, a ribbon was opened, cut, and the production line of compact kiosks designated for export was inspected. The attendees inspected the factory of high-voltage voltage and current transformers, and also the final product of the compact stations for electricity distribution, designated for export.
Also, the secondary high voltage production line, the primary high voltage production line (a production line dedicated entirely to export to foreign markets, especially the Saudi market), and the low voltage panel production lines were inspected.
This factory is affiliated with ABB Electrical Industries, with a capital of 800 million pounds and a production capacity of 240,000 units annually. It also employs 931 workers, and for this reason the factory plans to export 50% of its production to the countries of Germany, Italy, England, Greece, the Emirates, Saudi Arabia, the Sultanate of Oman, and some African countries.
Also, coordination was made with ABB Electrical Industries to allocate a training center from the centers of the Ministry’s Productive Competence and Vocational Training Authority to be under the company’s supervision to develop curricula and graduate graduates with the highest level of craftsmanship to meet the needs of the company’s factories.
In addition to this, the Minister directed the provision of buses to transport workers from the factory to LRT stations to facilitate the movement of workers to and from their workplace, with safer and more comfortable means of transportation, and all of this certainly contributes to increasing productivity rates.
Also, the Minister of Industry confirmed that the efficiency of roads and facilities, such as gas, water, sewage, and electricity, will be increased in industrial areas, as happened in the 10th of Ramadan City.
After all this, the minister inspected the factories of the Oriental Weavers Group, a leader in the textile industry, where he saw the glass pyramid made from the loom, as well as the Yarn Factory 1, and the CRM Carpet Factory, in addition to the developed warehouse.
Of course, we all know that the Oriental Weavers Group is one of the largest international companies in the manufacture of textiles and carpets. The area of the group’s factories exceeds one million square meters, and its production capacity is about 150 million square meters annually. The company employs more than 19 thousand workers, and allocates about 65% of its production to export.
Among the tour’s agenda was the factory of the International Sanitary Ware Company “Jawad”, so the minister began his tour of the factory and inspected the mold design line, the CNC lathe and screw operation line, the sanding and polishing line, and the metal foundry line. After that, the ribbon was opened and cut and the modern electroplating line was inspected. The factory, which is built on an area of 11,899 square meters, has a production capacity of 1.25 million pieces annually, and provides 150 job opportunities.
Also, the Minister inspected the Bavaria Industrial Complex, which specializes in the production of firefighting components and waste collection boxes of various capacities from engineering polymers for assembly in large cities to be used in recycling, and also the production of fire cabins and welded metal pipes in the production of fire extinguishing cabinets of various sizes, located on an area of 36 thousand square meters. square, and the number of workers in this factory is 856, and its annual sales volume is about 2.5 billion pounds.
The tour also included an inspection of the factory for producing injection molded plastic waste bins, the production line for welded sheet metal pipes, the production line for sheet metal and stainless steel cabins and surface treatment, and the automated warehouses for products and components were inspected, as well as the Bavaria Delta factory for producing drinking water supply pipes and their accessories.
Hence, the Minister directed that the requirements for moving units on metro lines must be electrical products, control panels, civil defense and firefighting equipment and components, locally manufactured.
As for the visit to the “Suwedy Pyramids” industrial complex for the development of industrial areas, which is located on an area of one million square meters, it included an inspection of an industrial area with 45 industrial facilities operating in multiple industries on an area of 500 thousand square meters, and a logistics and commercial area on an area of 250 thousand square meters. He visited Minister Al-Suwaidi Factory for Meters “Eskramco”, which has an area of 50 thousand square meters, employs 500 people, and has a production capacity of 3 million meters. 50% of production is exported abroad.
It is clear that the entire team of the Minister will not cancel openings in the industry file, and this is especially after he achieved very great achievements in the transportation file, and the coming days will all be industrial openings that will save millions for the country and save us from importing from abroad, and will also provide hard currency for the country.. I mean, we will create the dollar. Inside Egypt, as the minister said.
