“PACHIN is one of the oldest companies manufacturing paints in Egypt & started its operations in 1958. There is no other company with all these 4 business lines – decorative paints, industrial paints, printing ink and alkyd resins.”
“The shipping industry has never been affected as most of the Egyptian ports which were secured, only for a few days during the Arab Spring. All international trade was running perfectly most of the time, except for those few days and only in certain ports in the Red Sea and the Mediterranean. The authorities and the government did a fantastic job in controlling the uprising at that time.”
“We are in fact the largest cement manufacturer in the country. Our market share is slightly below 20%. We are not only the largest but also the oldest cement manufacturer, established in the early 1900s.”
“We started by my older brother in Lebanon back in 1957. We are “chicken” people. Poultry is our life – we eat, sleep and breathe it; we know everything about poultry… Apart from poultry, Wadi Group has been growing in the food sector, particularly olive oil, fresh vegetables and fruits grown particularly for export.”
“My passion has always been for the beverage developing new trendy, stylish restaurant concepts. So I started my own company with my partner. We founded OB Hotels & Restaurants. We do boutique hotels more in the line of intimate, individual, experience lifestyles and restaurants. We started that in 2011 and it has just been exciting.”
“There is no other container terminal on the Suez Canal on the Mediterranean end able to handle very large container vessels. Our quay, yard, cranes and water depth are all of a size that can handle the biggest container vessels in the world,” claims Klaus Holm Laursen, CEO of the Suez Canal Container Terminal.
“The SCCT is a true success story for Egypt. This year we celebrate our 10th anniversary,” says Klaus Holm Laursen, CEO of the Suez Canal Container Terminal (SCCT).
“Egypt truly plays an important role in global trade and moving goods between these regions,” argues Klaus Holm Laursen, CEO of the Suez Canal Container Terminal (SCCT).
“The destination Egypt is very beautiful. We have it all. We have sun, sea, desert, nightlife – we have everything. I believe that this kind of diversity is what makes our tourism sector very resilient. I also believe that now we are on the right path politically; we have stability. “
“Our gardens really transport you away from the reality of everyday life in Cairo. I mean, when you sit in a garden and enjoy your coffee, you could be anywhere in the world. The birds are singing; you don’t hear the traffic. It’s just amazing. No place else in Cairo can even closely approximate that.”
