Egypt's Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE) signed contracts on Sunday for two textile manufacturing projects in the West Qantara Industrial Zone, with total investments of $28 million. The projects, covering 100,000 square metres, will focus on textile manufacturing, printing, and dyeing, creating 800 direct job opportunities. SCZone Chairman Waleid Gamal El-Dien signed a $24.5 million agreement with China's Changzhou Kingcason Printing & Dyeing Co. Ltd for a 60,000-square-metre facility dedicated to textile yarn manufacturing, dyeing, and printing, generating 500 jobs. The entire output will be exported. A second contract, worth $3.5 million, was signed with Shanghai Honour Home Textile and its UAE-based subsidiary, Home Hub Textile, for a 40,000-square-metre project focused on home textiles, creating 300 jobs, with full export production. Attribution: Amwal Al Ghad English Subediting: M. S. Salama