Egypt’s Minister of State for Military Production, Mohamed Saeed Al-Assar, witnessed the signing of an agreement between the National Organization for Military Production’s subsidiary, El Maasara for Engineering Industries; GAS Metro Industries; and El Sewedy Electrometer Group (EMG), aiming to establish a shareholding firm.

According to the government statement published on November 6, 2019, the new firm, El Maasara Gas Metro, will be specialized in producing gas meters.

EMG’s Chairman, Emad Zaki El Sewedy, clarified that El Maasara Gas Metro will start its production by January 2020 with a production capacity of one million gas meters per year.

In the same context, GAS Metro Industries’ Chairman, Ibrahim Ali Ibrahim Abou El Enein, asserted that the new firm targets improving the gas-consumption measurement system, in addition to reducing consumption losses.