{"id":663877,"date":"2025-04-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2025\/04\/16\/italys-mapei-opens-eur-25-mn-chemicals-plant\/"},"modified":"2025-04-16T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T00:00:00","slug":"italys-mapei-opens-eur-25-mn-chemicals-plant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2025\/04\/16\/italys-mapei-opens-eur-25-mn-chemicals-plant\/","title":{"rendered":"Italy\u2019s Mapei opens EUR 25 mn chemicals plant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"> <strong>Italian che<\/strong><strong>micals manufacturer <\/strong><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mapei.com\/it\/en\/about-us\/mapei-in-italy\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Mapei<\/a><\/strong><strong> has inaugurated the first phase of its second <\/strong><strong>Egypt factory<\/strong> \u2014 a EUR 25 mn plant in Tenth of Ramadan \u2014 to produce chemical and insulation materials, CEO Veronica Squinzi said in a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mapei.com\/it\/en\/news\/event-detail\/2025\/04\/15\/mapei-opens-a-new-plant-in-egypt\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a>. The 30k sqm plant will initially export 15\u201320% of its output, with plans to gradually increase its export share over time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>The details: <\/strong>The first phase of the facility has a production capacity of 65k tons of dry cementitious materials and 55 mn liters of concrete and cement additives, Mapei Egypt General Manager Bassem Moustafa told EnterpriseAM. It houses eight production lines manufacturing ceramic and marble adhesives, grouts, concrete admixtures, and grinding aids for the cement industry, Moustafa added. Mapei had previously imported these products into Egypt, recording EUR 20 mn in local sales last year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>The plant has been in the works for over five years<\/strong>, after the Italian manufacturer first touched base for the project <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/edition\/am\/3036adbc-f17e-4390-aeb0-6212f68f8461\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">in 2019<\/a>, and broke ground on the first phase of the facility in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/e37a9c1a-0a2a-4b03-8262-f38319d05977\/oppo-set-to-assemble-mobile-phones-in-egypt-as-madbouly-reviews-investment-pledges\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">September 2022<\/a>. The first phase was completed in late <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/d9bd0e4c-77b2-4fa0-9653-f8f4e0060598\/pm-talks-up-the-end-of-the-fx-crunch-after-tour-of-10-ramadan,-obour\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">2023<\/a>. The company\u2019s first factory \u2014 via its subsidiary Vinavil \u2014 in the country started operations all the way back in 2002.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Robust demand from Egypt\u2019s real estate and construction sectors has prompted Mapei<\/strong><strong> to move forward with the second phase of the plant<\/strong>, Moustafa told us. The expansion will see two new production lines added on the remaining land area, along with capacity doubling on existing lines. Mapei\u2019s existing Egypt operations recorded EUR 60 mn in total sales last year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>The new plant is hoped to become a regional production and export hub<\/strong>, leveraging Egypt\u2019s trade agreements and regional integration with African nations, according to Squinzi. Mapei will direct the allocated exports to North and East Africa as well as the Middle East. Its first export shipment is scheduled for Kenya in the coming days, Moustafa said, adding that the plant\u2019s export sales could reach EUR 2-4 mn by the end of 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The company aims to position the facility as a regional production and export hub<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":663878,"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":[7255],"tags":[72,131,2433],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-663877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-manufacturing","tag-enterpriseam","tag-manufacturing","tag-mapei","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"db0bf9af-5790-4295-814c-cd565da75611","order":"8","is_powered_by":false,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/2025\/4\/955.jpg","photo_position":"above","homepage_title":"","full_issue_title":"Italy\u2019s Mapei opens EUR 25 mn chemicals plant in Egypt\u2019s Tenth of Ramadan","related_issue":[663863],"teaser":"The company aims to position the facility as a regional production and export hub","voice_url":"https:\/\/s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/ent.news\/audio\/2025\/4\/.d76c55d9-6c39-4f28-aa3d-32a053a4311e.mp3"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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