Dr. Khaled Enany the Minister of Tourism and Antiquities visited on Saturday the final stages of the first of its kind archeological reproduction factory. The visit came ahead of the factory’s opening which is set to be early in 2021.
Dr. Mostafa El Waziri the General Secretary of the Supreme Council of Antiquities and Brigadier General Hisham Samir the Minister of Tourism and Antiquities’ Assistant for Engineering Affairs along with a number Ministry authorities accompanied the minister during his visit.
The minister inspected all of the factory’s departments including the manual and automatic production units, and the workers’ service areas like the changing rooms and the cafeteria.
The factory’s total area is about 10-thousand-meter square with 44 highly qualified technicians and worker running the place. It is equipped with the latest machines in the field, foundry manual and automatic production lines to increase the products’ quality, carpentry production line, molds’ production line, and an exhibition hall to showcase the factory’s products.
Enany confirmed that the factory’s construction is currently in full swing in preparation to its opening. He also stressed that new job opportunities will be created to keep up with the local and international market as well as meeting the market’s increasing demand for Egyptian antiquities models.
El Waziri explained that the factory was built in Obour City’s industrial area in cooperation with “Kenooz Misr” antiquities models’ company. It is considered the first of its kind in Egypt and the Middle East.
He pointed out that the factory will help in protecting the Egyptian heritage as well as the Egyptian antiquities copy rights.
He continued that all of the factory’s products will contain a special Supreme Council of Antiquities stamp and a certificate indicating it as a counterfeit piece as well as an identification bar-code.
Contributed by Sara Goda
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