Modern technology to be introduced to textile Industry
Egypt, Economics, 1/17/2002

In a leading step to make use of technological applications and information technology for developing Egyptian industry, the Chamber of Software Industry has started organising a series of symposiums and conferences aiming at identifying the means by which each and every industry could benefit from these applications. The target is to enhance the quality and competitiveness of these products for export purposes.

The symposiums have started with the spinning and weaving industry, being one of the major and oldest industries in Egypt in which the country enjoys many relative advantages. The choice of the textile industry was prompted by the drop in textile exports over the past few years and the urgency of regaining its previous status as a vital industry for the national economy.

Head of the Software and Technology Commodity Council, Sayed Ismail, who is also deputy chairman of the chamber, said that the chamber intended to hold the symposiums for the Egyptian industries that enjoy relative competitive and export advantages that could be enhanced through the use of modern technology. Following the textile industry, the coming symposiums would focus on other industries such as Pharmaceuticals and foodstuffs.

The symposium on the use of modern technological applications for developing the textile industry witnessed discussions on means of upgrading performance and reducing costs of production as well as the expected effect on the textile companies and factories.

Chairman of the Holding Company for Textile Industries, Al-Mo'atazBellah Abdul-Maqsoud, said that the use of modern technology and information technology in the textile industry was a long-term investment whose benefits for the industry could not be denied. «This will of course leave such positive effect on the quality of the textile products and reduce costs of their production which is likely to help enhance exports," he said.

Abdul-Maqsoud added that the presence of an adequate information and technological system inside a factory was vital to the process of production and making the best use of its full capacity. It will also help provide adequate updated information on the market in terms of needs, consumers' tastes and how to obtain raw materials required for the industry.

As for the financial aspect and whether it could constitute an impediment for providing the spinning and weaving factories and companies with modern technology, he said that high costs could never be an obstacle for modernising the industry. He elaborated that the process of developing and modernising each factory would be preceded by adequate studies that would identify the level of technology to be introduced to it in accordance with its conditions.

On training the workers on modern technology, Abdul Maqsoud said that it did not constitute a problem as the few textile factories that had underwent development processes training did not take a long time and workers as well as personnel were able to handle the new technology easily and competently.

Chairman of the Chamber of Software Industry, Magdi Khairallah, said that during the symposium on the spinning and weaving industry, there was an agreement in principle between the Holding Company for Textile Industries and the Chamber, that three of the software companies taking part in the symposium would conduct an experiment immediately in three affiliate textile companies .

"This aims in the first place at identifying the expected volume of benefit they could achieve through introducing modern technological methods and information technology to them," he said.

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