{"id":654099,"date":"2024-10-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2024\/10\/28\/local-investor-snaps-up-minority-stake-in-simplex\/"},"modified":"2024-10-28T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T00:00:00","slug":"local-investor-snaps-up-minority-stake-in-simplex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2024\/10\/28\/local-investor-snaps-up-minority-stake-in-simplex\/","title":{"rendered":"Local investor snaps up minority stake in Simplex"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"> <strong>Egyptian investor acquires minority stake in Simplex:<\/strong> An undisclosed Egyptian investor has acquired a non-controlling stake in local industrial machinery manufacturer <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.simplexarabia.com\/ar\/about\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Simplex<\/a> in an EGP eight-figure transaction, company CEO Ahmed Shaaban told EnterpriseAM, without disclosing further details. Shaaban also noted that previous negotiations with Elsewedy Electric CEO Ahmed Elsewedy over a possible EGP 50 mn stake acquisition had not been completed due to disagreements over the size of the stake.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\">(<strong>Tap or click the headline above to read this story with all of the links <\/strong>to our background as well as external sources.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Where is the money going?<\/strong> The funds from the agreement will be used to complete the construction of the firm\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/284c8ae0-118a-4bbc-b1b9-9f46c1e50fba\/ebrd-mull-funding-masdar-infinity-wind-farm.-plus:%253cmark%253e-simplex%253c%2Fmark%253e-to-open-new-factory,-usaid-%2B-banque-misr\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">EGP 100 mn factory in Tenth of Ramadan City<\/a> \u2014 set to be completed by May 2025 \u2014 and fund R&D efforts aimed at producing new models of the company\u2019s computer numerical control (CNC) machines, Shaaban told us. The funds will also support Simplex\u2019s plans to expand into three new countries, including Tunisia, Morocco, and Algeria. The firm already operated in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Libya, he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>CNC machines? <\/strong>A CNC machine \u2014 short for computer numerical control machine \u2014 is a computer-controlled piece of machinery used in industry to cut and shape materials. CNC machines are good at dealing with complex and precise designs and repetitive tasks, making them an important tool in the manufacture of high-precision parts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Advisor:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/exits.me\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Exits MENA<\/a> served as buy side advisor on the transaction, the company <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/exitsmena_exits-simplex-newdeal-activity-7256250592623292416-6Xi1?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> on LinkedIn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Simplex will use the funds from the transaction to complete the construction of its EGP 100 mn factory in Tenth of Ramadan City<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":654100,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7258],"tags":[72,131,8647,95],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-654099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-startup-watch","tag-enterpriseam","tag-manufacturing","tag-simplex","tag-startup-watch","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"ac3dd2d7-eed2-46ab-ae48-ab1dcceec3d5","order":"8","is_powered_by":false,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/2024\/10\/2349.jpg","photo_position":"above","homepage_title":"","full_issue_title":"Egyptian investor snaps up minority stake in Simplex","related_issue":[654085],"teaser":"Simplex will use the funds from the transaction to complete the construction of its EGP 100 mn factory in Tenth of Ramadan City","voice_url":"https:\/\/s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/ent.news\/audio\/2024\/10\/.de7aada0-0a88-46a6-9a09-993580892ad8.mp3"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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