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Unilever is targeting growth levels of around 15% y-o-y in 2017, Unilever Mashreq Managing Director Ashraf Bakry tells Al Shorouk<\/a>. The company invested EGP 500 mn in a new detergent plant that opened last year and plans to expand its investments in Egypt, exporting at least half of its output in five years\u2019 time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Unilever is targeting growth levels of around 15% y-o-y in 2017, Unilever Mashreq Managing Director Ashraf Bakry tells Al Shorouk. 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