CAIRO, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) -- China Glass Holdings Co., Ltd. on Thursday breaks ground for a 2.23-billion-yuan (310 million U.S. dollars) plant in northeastern Egypt to boost the production of glass products in the North African country.
The project, covering 500,000 square meters, is located in the China-Egypt TEDA Suez Economic and Trade Cooperation Zone (TEDA), approximately 120 km east of Cairo. Upon completion, the plant will have a daily production capacity of 1,000 tons of float glass and 800 tons of ultra-clear rolled photovoltaic glass, and is expected to create approximately 1,000 jobs in Egypt.
