Minister of Trade and Industry Ahmed Samir and Governor of Aswan Ashraf Attia have inaugurated four small and medium-sized factories in Al-Allaqi Industrial Area, bringing the total opened factories to 27, out of 34 factories planned to be opened in phases.
During the tour, both officials inspected a number of industrial facilities operating in the fields of chemicals, marble, and granite, according to a press statement issued by the Ministry of Trade and Industry on Saturday.
Samir said that the expansion of industrial activities in Upper Egypt and the direction of new investments in various industrial sectors is a basic pillar to reach objectives of the ministry’s plan to achieve comprehensive and sustainable industrial development.
The minister stated that Aswan Governorate possesses all ingredients that qualify it to be a manufacturing center for many industrial activities, especially mining industries, especially in light of the availability of many raw materials and quarry materials, which increases the added value of these raw materials.
For his part, Aswan Governor Ashraf Attia said that the governorate is working to diversify activities of new factories to be allocated in marble and granite industries and the recycling of quarry waste.
Source: www.zawya.com
