The Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE) pitched investment opportunities to eight Japanese companies on the sidelines of the TICAD 9, highlighting sectors ranging from green fuel and metals to pharmaceuticals and logistics, its chairman Waleid Gamal El-Dein said Wednesday. The roundtable brought together firms including Nippon Signal (railway), JOIN (infrastructure investment), Deloitte Tohmatsu Group (business consulting), Compasspoint Inc (logistics and sales), PADECO (project management), Qunie Corporation (consulting), Sakai (heavy equipment), and Taitan Capital (real estate), all of which expressed interest in exploring projects in Egypt. Gamal El-Dein outlined SCZone's strategic plan, which spans 21 industrial, service and logistics sectors, and pointed to key growth areas such as automotive, data centers and green energy. He stressed that SCZone offers competitive advantages including trained technical labour, diversified energy sources at competitive prices, and streamlined digital one-stop shop services. The zone's integration of industrial parks, logistics hubs and seaports positions it as a key link in global supply chains and a gateway to over two billion consumers, he added. Attribution: Amwal Al Ghad English Subediting: Y.Yasser
