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“The pharmaceutical industry in Egypt is very big. The local pharmaceutical industry covers 97% of consumption. Only 3% is covered by imports. EIPICO exports to 61 countries, including England Germany and Romania, Africa and the Middle East, including Lebanon and Saudi Arabia.”
“Our best approach to achieve our goals quickly was to enter a partnership with a large, leading multinational company. Our first partnership was with BASF of Germany. We then entered a partnership with St. Gobain, for gypsum. We are looking to invest and make up for the 2 or 3 years when we didn’t do anything. For 2015, we have a big program of investment.”
“There are about 14 companies under the umbrella of this group. Some are in the industrial fields, some in the surface and some are into trading, some are into real estate and some are into food. Our strongest point is that we specialize in the manufacture of external paints. This gives us a competitive edge.”
“Egypt was the second country in the world to produce cinema. When the film industry was started by the two French brothers, the Lumière brothers, immediately the next year, Egypt produced the first Egyptian film in Alexandria.”
“The printing industry all over the world has been affected because of the media. However, the packaging industry is still active all over. In Egypt, the potential in the packaging industry is very big.”
“SCIB Paints is the number two player in the Decorative coatings industry in Egypt which comprises architectural coatings and wood coatings. What we would like to do is make SCIB the most loved paint brand in the next few years. Asian Paints is amongst the top five Decorative coating companies in the world.”
Starting as a pharmacy in Northern Lebanon in 1936, Malia Group now consists of 22 legal entities in locations all around the region. The company is involved in several different sectors, including the pharmacetical, cosmestic, and fashion & design sectors, among many others.
“Egypt is very capable when it comes to milling. We have mills that produce excellent quality. They are capable and some of them even export to Africa. This is as far as flour milling is concerned. As for pasta, we are also very capable and we also export to Africa. Egyptian rice, on the other hand, is one of the best kinds of rice in the world.”
“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.”
“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.”
