Egyptian Minister of Industry Khaled Hashem and Damietta Governor Hossam El-Din Fawzi inspected a number of major factories and industrial facilities in Damietta as part of the government’s efforts to support targeted industries, deepen local manufacturing and boost exports. The tour included Damietta Furniture City, the General Free Zone and several factories operating in furniture, fertilizers, water-treatment components and textiles. At Damietta Furniture City, Hashem and Fawzi reviewed the implementation status of the city, including its workshops, hangars, exhibition and service areas, a 150,000-square-metre free zone, dry port, logistics area and plans to establish a technology school serving the city. Hashem described Damietta Furniture City as one of Egypt’s major national projects and a key industrial hub specialising in industries with competitive advantages. He said the city represents a gateway for Egyptian furniture to international markets, noting that it is the Middle East’s first and largest specialised industrial zone for furniture and complementary industries. The Minister also inspected the Furniture Technology Center, reviewing its training programmes and quality-testing laboratories. He highlighted the centre’s role in transferring modern technologies, testing furniture before export, certifying products according to European standards, and improving manufacturers’ technical and practical skills. During the tour, Hashem inaugurated Mix Door’s factory for interior doors, which has EGP 100m in investments, an annual production capacity of 100,000 doors and exports around 25% of its output to Saudi Arabia and Iraq. He also inspected Zamzam Furniture, Amiti for Armoured Doors, Instalum for melamine boards, Furix Furniture and Rawaa Al-Majales Furniture. The six factories have combined investments of hundreds of millions of pounds and collectively provide more than 1,300 direct and indirect jobs, while exporting to markets across the Middle East, Europe, Africa, the US and other destinations. In the General Free Zone, Hashem inspected Misr Fertilizers Production Company (MOPCO), which operates a 400,000-square-metre complex with EGP 53bn in investments. The company produces 1.8 million tonnes of urea and 1.2 million tonnes of ammonia annually, with 100% local content, and exports around 45% of its production to European markets. Hashem said Egypt has a strong manufacturing base in fertilizers, noting that chemical and fertilizer exports reached approximately $9.4bn in 2025, up 7% year-on-year. Fertilizer exports account for about one-third of Egypt’s chemical and fertilizer exports. He added that the stability of energy supplies to fertilizer plants despite recent geopolitical tensions helped sustain production and strengthen Egypt’s exports. The Minister also visited Pure Life for micron filters and desalination systems, which has EGP 500m in investments and exports to 53 countries. The company produces around 3 million micron filters, 3,000 pressure vessels and 1,500 industrial filter vessels annually, with local content ranging from 60% to 100%. Hashem stressed that manufacturing components for water-treatment and desalination plants is a key enabling industry under Egypt’s Industrial Strategy 2030. The tour concluded at DNM for textiles and textile dyeing, which operates with $170m in investments and produces 48 million square metres annually. The company currently exports $120m worth of products each year and targets increasing exports to $180m. Hashem described textiles as a key industry for integrating Egypt into global supply chains, deepening local manufacturing and expanding export opportunities.The post Industry minister inspects furniture, fertilizer and textile factories in Damietta first appeared on Dailynewsegypt.
