# CHINT opens low-voltage switchgear factory in Cairo with EGEMAC

CHINT Group and EGEMAC celebrated the grand opening of their joint venture factory CHINT EGEMAC in Cairo, specializing in low-voltage switchgear manufacturing. The factory's estimated annual production is approximately five million dollars.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2017-02-19
- Where: Cairo, Egypt
- Value: $5.00M
- Starts operating: 19 Feb 2017
- Status: completed
- Capacity: approximately five million dollars annual production
- Products: low-voltage switchgears
- Sectors: [Electrical Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/electrical-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [CHINT Group](https://endata.com/companies/22337.md)
- [Egyptian German Electrical Manufacturing Co.](https://endata.com/companies/22338.md) (partner)
- [Egyptian German Electrical Manufacturing Co. (EGEMAC)](https://endata.com/companies/22367.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [en.prnasia.com](https://en.prnasia.com/releases/apac/CHINT_Opens_First_Egyptian_Factory_Specializing_in_Low_Voltage_Switchgear_Manufacturing-170292.shtml), 2017-02-21: "CHINT Group, a leading Chinese company in the fields of industrial electrical equipment production and clean energy, celebrated the grand opening of its first factory in the low-voltage switchgear manufacturing, CHINT EGEMAC, in Cairo on February 19th."
- [prnewswire.co.uk](https://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/chint-opens-first-egyptian-factory-specializing-in-low-voltage-switchgear-manufacturing-614351573.html), 2017-02-21: "The Egyptian factory is an important step for CHINT Group to enter the global market."
- [enterpriseam.com](https://enterpriseam.com/egypt/2017/02/22/chinas-chint-opens-low-voltage-switchgear-manufacturing-factory/), 2017-02-22: "Production of the first switchgear is expected to be completed on 1 March and the factory is estimated to produce goods worth an approximate [USD 5 mn]."

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