Mohamed Salah El-Din Mostafa, Egypt’s Minister of State for Military Production, reaffirmed the ministry’s commitment to attracting further investment and forging new cooperative partnerships with state entities, as part of a strategy centered on localizing advanced manufacturing technologies. The remarks came during an unannounced inspection tour of the Heliopolis Chemical Industries Company, where he reviewed production progress.
During his visit to the Heliopolis Chemical Industries Company (Factory 81 – Military Production), a leading producer of specialized paints and chemical products in Egypt and the Middle East, Minister Mohamed Salah El-Din Mostafa toured the production lines and received briefings from Mohamed Abdel Moneim El-Bassiouny, the board chairperson, along with work teams, on ongoing projects, implementation schedules, and recent performance indicators. He also listened to employees’ feedback and demands, urging them to exert maximum effort to support the company’s goals.
The minister directed the removal of all obstacles facing the workforce and emphasized providing a suitable working environment to boost productivity and reinforce the company’s role in national industry. He underscored that investment in human capital is the cornerstone of the production process and reviewed compliance with occupational health and safety measures, including personal protective equipment, to ensure a secure environment protecting human and material assets.
Mostafa reiterated the importance of implementing the political leadership’s directives to localize advanced manufacturing technologies, increase local content, and maximize added value for the national economy. He issued directives to optimize the use of resources, attract further investment, apply quality standards, strengthen governance, rationalize spending, enhance internal controls, adhere to maintenance schedules to preserve production line efficiency, meet project timelines, and implement industrial and cyber security procedures.
The company plays a key role in meeting the Armed Forces and police requirements, producing military items such as heavy ammunition, detonating fuses, mortar bombs, depth charges, and blasting molds. It also manufactures rubber and plastic components for ammunition, cartridge bases, protective masks, tank wheels, and track pads. Surplus capacity supports civilian products, including specialized anti-corrosion paints for ships and coastal buildings, used in national projects like housing, urban communities, and road construction. Additional outputs include nitroglycerine, formaldehyde, hexamine, resin for paints, dry fuel tablets, and rubber items for industries like FIFA-standard stadium seating, alongside metal components and molds.