{"id":559904,"date":"2021-02-08T03:52:59","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T03:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2021\/02\/08\/also-on-our-radar-on-8-february-2021\/"},"modified":"2021-02-08T03:52:59","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T03:52:59","slug":"also-on-our-radar-on-8-february-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2021\/02\/08\/also-on-our-radar-on-8-february-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Also on our radar on 8 February 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Edita has added an EGP 106 mn assembly line for its wafer products<\/strong>, the EGX-listed snackfood maker said in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.egx.com.eg\/downloads\/News\/%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7%20%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86%2007-02-2021.pdf\">a regulatory filing (pdf)<\/a>. 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