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Chemical Industries

Sector Background:

  • The Chemical Industries is considered one of the largest industrial sectors; it includes 7 main subsectors,
    which are Plastics, Rubber, Paper, Detergents, Paints, Miscellaneous, Chemicals , Fertilizers
    and Glass.
  • Medium and Small Enterprises represent around 85% of the total number of sector companies
    registered at IMC.
  • Exports of Chemical Industries sector reached LE 18,6 billion in 2009 and LE 14,4 billion in 2010
    till August (8 months)

Chemical sector main objectives are:

  • Doubling exports to reach 42 billion pound by 2013
  • New investments of 6.6 billion pound.
  • 17000 new employment opportunities.
  • 99 new exporters.
2010 data (till the end of August 2010)
  • The number of registered companies in IMC reached 1167 with a labor force estimated at 83000
    workers.
  • Exports value till end of August 2010 reached around LE 14.4 billion with an increase of 28% over
    the same period of 2009
  • Investments of registered companies in the sector reached about LE 35 billions.

Sector Projects:

  • Paper Industries Development Strategy in Egypt.
  • Flat Glass and its components industry Development Strategy in Egypt.

Specialized services to increase efficiency of the sector:

  • Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing
  • Accreditation of International Certificates required for Marketing Egyptian Products in Global Markets
  • Research and Development Projects
  • Implementation of enterprise resources planning programme
  • Energy saving
  • Final Registration in ECHA according to REACH Legislation