:: IMC EGYPT ::

INDUSTRIAL SECTORS

Textiles & Apparels


	Building Material & Construction Sector and Metallurgical Industries


	Chemicals Industries


	Engineering

Food

Furniture & Wood Industries

	Jewellery

	Agricultural Industries

	Leather & Tanning Industries

	Pharmaceuticals & Cosmetics Industries

	Printing & Packaging Industries

	Cinema

Engineering Industries

Sector Background: Engineering sector companies represents 21% of total industrial companies. The engineering sector is considered to be one of the biggest industrial sectors that includes 9 different sub-sectors which are: Automotive, Home Appliances, Feeding Industries, Machineries and Equipments, Medical Devices, Electronics, Cables and Lighting, Metal Furniture, Households and Metal Forming.

In 2010 IMC has executed several Sector projects that had direct impact on increasing; Exports,
Investment, and New Employment Opportunities.
Technically assisted 50 companies to increase their Exports and Sales by 20%
Waste elimination and cost reduction by 10% and implementation of new systems for waste
disposal.
Applying Total Productive Maintenance "TPM" through appropriate operational programmes.
Design Development through effective programmes.
Financial and inventory control systems.

2010 data (till the end of August 2010)

Total number of Engineering Companies registered in IMC has reached 1300 companies, with total
employment of more than 120 thousand workers.
Total exports value has reached LE 7.8 billion.
Total investments of registered companies has reached approximately LE 28 billion.

Sector projects

Export marketing plan for home appliances
Development plan for quality systems and competiveness of the electronic sector (Computers &
LCD)
Vertical integration plan focusing on substituting imported parts with local ones.
Export Development Plan for automotive suppliers sector and compliance with international
regulations
Study for the existing production capacity for machines & equipments
Study the opportunity of investing abandon silicon resources in Egypt to position Egypt as a hub for
silicon ingots and wafers
Development and deepen study for ship & Yacht sector in Alexandria and Suez.

Main Services to Engineering Companies 2010:
Being one of the largest sectors of the Egyptian Industry, the Engineering sector was most affected
with the current Global Financial Crisis, thus IMC increased its support to the sector, through several
services:

Lean Manufacturing to reduce cost thus result in an increase of productivity and efficiency of
operations
Energy saving and utilization of power and resource
consumption
Implementing quality management systems, and granting
quality international certifications