The Prime Minister inaugurates the expansion of the company’s regional factory "Schneider Electric" In Badr City

Madbouly: A new step added to the record of achievements of the Egyptian industrial sector and reflects the growing confidence of global investors in the Egyptian investment climate

Factory Director: The proportion of the local component in the factory’s products increased from 55% in 2021 to 81% in 2024, with a plan aiming to reach 85% of the local component in manufacturing and 50% of production allocated for export to more than 35 countries around the world

Dr. Mostafa Madbouly, Prime Minister, inaugurated today the expansions of the regional factory of the “Schneider Electric” company. French in Badr City, in the presence of Lieutenant General Engineer Kamel Al-Wazir, Deputy Prime Minister for Industrial Development, Minister of Industry and Transport, Engineer Mahmoud Esmat, Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy, Engineer Hassan Al-Khatib, Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade, Ambassador Eric Chevalier, Ambassador of France in Cairo, and Sebastien Reyes, Regional President of Schneider Electric. For the North-East Africa and the Arab Levant region, and engineer Arda Chemin, director of the “Schneider Electric” factory. In Badr City, and a number of members of the company’s board of directors.

The Prime Minister indicated that the opening of the expansion work at the “Schneider Electric” factory In Badr City, it is a new step added to the record of achievements of the Egyptian industrial sector, and reflects the growing confidence of global investors in the Egyptian investment climate, affirming the state’s commitment to supporting advanced technological industries that are in line with Egypt’s Vision 2030 and the sustainable development goals, and enhance Egyptian export capabilities.

Dr. Mostafa Madbouly praised the advanced solutions and high-quality national products provided by the company, which contribute to supporting the comprehensive digital transformation efforts of the energy sector, and raising the efficiency of network, and ensuring the continuity of electrical supply, which strengthens Egypt’s position as a regional energy center.

At the beginning, the Prime Minister and his entourage listened to a presentation from Sebastian Reyes, Regional President of “Schneider Electric” Company. For the region of Northeast Africa and the Arab Levant, about the establishment of the factory and the company’s investments in the Egyptian market, pointing out that the Schneider Electric factory was established in Badr City in 2009, and the factory is a major facility for the company, and extends over an area of 44,581 square meters, allocated to an advanced building based on one of the international standards, adding that the annual production capacity of the factory amounts to 6 thousand medium voltage units and 5 thousand medium voltage units. Low.

During the Prime Minister and his entourage’s inspection of the company’s products exhibition of low and medium voltage cells, cell production lines and automatic control centres, he explained  Sebastian Reyes, said that the total investments of “Schneider Electric” In Egypt, since it entered the Egyptian market 37 years ago, it amounted to about 320 million euros, adding that a new production line for electrical panels was added in 2020 worth 10 million euros.

The Prime Minister conducted a cordial dialogue with one of the factory workers, inquiring about his specialty and the appropriateness of the salary he receives from the company, and the worker replied that his original specialty was not in the field of electricity, and that he had changed His career path and receiving specialized education and training provided by the factory, and the salary is very good.

After that, Dr. Mostafa Madbouly pressed the button to open the gate of the new factory, marking the opening of the expansion work at the factory, as Engineer / Arda Chemin, Director of the “Schneider Electric” factory, indicated. In Badr City, he indicated that investments worth 8 million euros were pumped in 2023 to implement an expansion of the company’s factory in Badr City, on an area of 10,000 square metres, to produce low- and medium-voltage panels and ring feeding units (RMU), adding that the goal of these expansions is to increase production capacity by about 30%, in addition to localizing the industry and expanding the export base to regional and global markets.

The Prime Minister and his entourage inspected the expansion work at the factory and its production stages, Which included the new production line for low and medium voltage cells, and the local assembly line for speed changers with the aim of rationalizing energy and carbon emissions, in addition to models of the factory’s products ready for export to a number of countries.

Meanwhile, the director of the “Schneider Electric” factory explained: In Badr City, the percentage of the local component in the factory’s products increased from 55% in 2021 to 81% in 2024, with a plan aiming to reach 85% of the local component in manufacturing, pointing out that 50% of production is allocated for export to more than 35 countries around the world.

The Prime Minister and his companions also inspected the training center for technicians working in product service and after-sales services, where the engineer reported: Arda Chimen said that the training center provides training programs of international quality in the various specializations needed by the factory, pointing out that these international programs have been localized in the factory  The company in Egypt, instead of sending technicians and workers to receive this high-end training abroad, indicating that it is targeted during the year 2026 to train about 500 specialized engineers and technicians, in addition to providing this training to foreign companies upon request, as well as cooperation to train students of technical education schools during their years of study or after graduation, stressing in this regard that we are exporting skilled labor and talents of specialized engineers abroad.

The Prime Minister and his companions listened to a presentation on the factory’s sustainability plan, Where engineer Arda Chemin explained that the “Schneider Electric” factory Badr is the largest of its kind in the Middle East, and is considered a pioneering model in industrial innovation and environmental preservation. In this regard, he pointed out that the factory has obtained a “zero carbon emissions” certificate, as 20% of its energy needs are met through solar panels, while it relies on providing the rest on other sources of renewable energy.

He added that the factory is working to reduce the use of single-use plastic materials by replacing them with recycled containers, With the aim of reaching 50% “green materials” in its products, after it had already achieved 35%.

And about the most prominent projects of “Schneider Electric” In Egypt, he noted  Sebastian Reyes, pointed out that the company, in partnership with the Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy and the Egyptian Electricity Holding Company, contributed to the development of smart control centers in the Egyptian electricity network, within the state’s plan for digital transformation in the energy sector. To raise the efficiency of the network and support sustainability, with investments amounting to 4.6 billion pounds for the first phase, and 5 billion pounds for the second phase.

The regional president of Schneider Electric added: For the region of Northeast Africa and the Arab Levant, the implementation of the first phase of the automatic control project in Sharm El-Sheikh was completed in 2022, and the development of four other control centers in Cairo Governorate was completed, in addition to the renovation of more than 3,900 sites on the electricity distribution network, in addition to training the technical personnel of the Ministry of Electricity to ensure the efficiency and continuity of operation.

He pointed out that “Schneider Electric” company It cooperated with the Grand Egyptian Museum in designing and implementing the smart museum concept by employing its global expertise and solutions in the field of smart infrastructure management, in addition to participating in the King Khufu Ship Museum project, which won the award for the best project for smart energy solutions and energy management system in the world for the year 2023, pointing to the company’s contribution to the New Delta project by providing various electrical solutions and equipment to meet the requirements of this huge national project.

In conclusion, the Prime Minister was keen to take a souvenir photo with the engineers and factory workers.

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