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GB Auto is restarting negotiations with a number of international partners to assess implementing an expansion plan that includes building a tire factory in Egypt, Chief Investment Officer Menatalla Sadek told Al Mal<\/a>. Sadek expects technical negotiations to begin in 2018 and says preliminary estimates suggest that the factory would cost USD 600 mn and take two-and-a-half years to complete. She added GB Auto expects reforms like the Investment Act and the automotive directive to improve the investment climate domestically. GB Auto had denied a report in December<\/a> that it had already been allocated land to for a tire factory in Suez.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

GB Auto is restarting negotiations with a number of international partners to assess implementing an expansion plan that includes building a tire factory in Egypt, Chief Investment Officer Menatalla Sadek told Al Mal. 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