Alstom
The two factories are said to produce electric and signaling systems and manufacturing parts for metro, highway rails, monorails, and railways. Their strategic location was chosen to facilitate trade in Alexandria
An investment plan by French company Alstom was approved in principle on Thursday by the cabinet to establish an industrial complex in Alexandria.
Sisi called for a center to train Egyptian experts in parallel with benefiting from the foreign expertise in transferring knowledge, the Presidency said in a statement.
Germany's economy minister Peter Altmaier has indicated that he does not want to interfere in ongoing proceedings as the authorities are independent,
Shares in Alstom (ALSO.PA) and Siemens (SIEGn.DE) slipped on Tuesday, amid concern over political fallout in France from a mooted multibillion-dollar merger of their rail assets.