Siemens celebrates major milestone in Egypt megaproject
| • | Siemens reinforces its commitment to sustainable development of Egypt’s power sector |
| • | Additionally, company partners with BMZ to support vocational and occupational training in Egypt: more than 5,500 Egyptians being trained |
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi symbolically inaugurated the first phase of Siemens’ megaproject in Egypt today. The event marks an important milestone towards the completion of the project, which will boost the country’s power generation capacity by 45 percent when finished. Together with its local partners, Orascom Construction and Elsewedy Electric, Siemens broke all records in modern power plant construction by connecting 4.8 gigawatts (GW) of new capacity to the grid in only 18 months after the signing of the contract for the company’s biggest single order ever. The full text of the press release can be found in the attached PDF. This press release is available at
www.siemens.com/press/PR2017030210PGEN
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