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<\/a> Trade and Industry Minister Amr Nassar and Investment Minister Sahar Nasr met yesterday with representative from Philips Lighting to discuss the company\u2019s plans to expand its local production and exports of LED products, Al Masry Al Youm reports<\/a>. The company is eyeing export markets in Turkey, Kenya, Uganda, and Rwanda. Philips, which began manufacturing LED products in Egypt in April<\/a>, is also planning to double production output from its local factory to 4 mn LED lamps per annum by early 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Trade and Industry Minister Amr Nassar and Investment Minister Sahar Nasr met yesterday with representative from Philips Lighting to discuss the company\u2019s plans to expand its local production and exports of LED products, Al Masry Al Youm reports. The company is eyeing export markets in Turkey, Kenya, Uganda, and Rwanda. 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