Egypt's Industry Committee elects new bureau, pledges technology-localization push

Egypt's House Industry Committee elected its new bureau under Ahmad Bahaa Shalabi, whose members pledged to shift policy toward localizing industrial technology.

• The committee elected Shalabi chairman, with Mohamed Sayed Ahmed and Samir Abdel Maqsoud as deputies and Mustafa Abdel Karim Al-Bahi as secretary-general, all by acclamation.
• Al-Bahi said the new agenda targets moving from localizing finished products to localizing technology, machinery, molds, and control systems.
• He cited CNC, laser, injection, and automation machinery as priorities linked to universities, technical education, and research centers.
• Aboul Enein called for specialists to lead technology industries and for a work plan covering steel, autos, and engineering.