The eighth edition of ICS will take place on November 9-12, 2016 at the Cairo International Convention and Exhibition Centre (CICC), which is located at Nasr City, Cairo. The event will draw the participation of 150 leading exhibitors from Egypt, Africa and various countries of the world.
This announcement has been made during a press conference held by the ICS organiser Climax Creation Group in the presence of Ms. Bibiana Ella, Economic Advisor to the Embassy of Equatorial Guinea in Cairo, Engineer Medhat Askar, President of Export Council For Building Materials, and Ahmed Hashim, Chairperson of the Climax Creation Group’s Board of Directors, in order to coordinate between the organiser and exhibitors and finalize the exhibition.
Ms. Bibiana expressed her delight that her country would participate in this important exhibition, stressing that this participation falls within close ties between the two countries. She noted, “In the light of Egypt’s comparative advantage in ceramic and sanitary ware sector and progress made by the Equatorial Guinea and most of the African countries in construction and infrastructure sector, these events seek to deepen economic relations, both at trade and investment levels, through opening up new horizons for cooperation between the two countries in this vital sector”. Askar stressed that these events contribute significantly to promoting exhibition hosting in Egypt and providing hard currencies, such US dollars and Euro as well as creating opportunities for sector leaders to send overseas missions to promote Egyptian products abroad.
He also pointed that the total value of Egyptian ceramic exports to Africa reached USD 110 million during 2005, representing 30% of USD 322 million Egyptian ceramic exports to the world during the same year. Hashim said that this event is a great opportunity for all manufacturers of ceramics and sanitary ware inside and outside Egypt and is set to shed lights on the importance of ceramics and sanitary ware sector in addition to its effect on the Egyptian economy. He continued the main purpose of this edition is to increase exporting opportunities of ceramics and sanitary ware sector as well as opening new international markets and African markets in particular. He explained that the exhibition gives priority to strengthening the Egypt’s economy and following the lead of the government to revive the Egyptian economy under the exhibition’s theme «The Right Direction».