COMPANIES

MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°917 - 11/03/2010 COMPANIES Total Total will know by the end of March whether Algeria's Conseil National des Investissements (CNI) will give a green light to its project for an ethane steam cracking plant at Arzew. (...)  [52 words]  [$1.8] MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°917 - 11/03/2010 COMPANIES Fares Group Fares Group, an Italian consultancy that assists companies in their overseas operations - and which is highly active e in Libya - is seeking to also work on behalf of French companies. (...)  [101 words]  [$1.8] MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°917 - 11/03/2010 COMPANIES Sinohydro Sinohydro has just landed a EUR 11 million contract in Libya. (...)  [65 words]  [$1.8] MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°916 - 04/03/2010 COMPANIES Continental Automotive Continental Automotive is preparing itself for an economic bounce-back by investing in Tunisia. (...)  [147 words]  [$1.8] MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°916 - 04/03/2010 COMPANIES SNVI SNVI (Societe Nationale des Vehicules Industriels) could forge partnerships with Czech bus manufacturers. (...)  [46 words]  [$1.8] MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°915 - 25/02/2010 COMPANIES Hologram Industries Hologram Industries has just landed its first contract in North Africa. (...)  [82 words]  [$1.8] MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°915 - 25/02/2010 COMPANIES ZR Events ZR Events, a Lyon-based firm that specializes in organizing events, is investing in the North African market. (...)  [85 words]  [$1.8] MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°914 - 18/02/2010 COMPANIES AFDB AFDB (the African Development Bank) has just disbursed USD 744,000 to the Libyan Export Promotion Center. (...)  [123 words]  [$1.8] MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°914 - 18/02/2010 COMPANIES Horizon Coating Industries Horizon Coating Industries, a firm that makes paint and derivatives, has set up shop in Tunisia with a capital of EUR 850,000. (...)  [76 words]  [$1.8] MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°914 - 18/02/2010 COMPANIES Philadelphia Pharma Philadelphia Pharma, a Jordan-based pharmaceutical group, has just penned a joint venture with Simed in Tunisia to manufacture medicine at Sfax. (...)  [66 words]  [$1.8] MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°913 - 11/02/2010 COMPANIES Renault Renault is to open a plant in Rouiba in the suburbs of Algiers in partnership with state-owned Societe Nationale des Vehicules Industriels (SNVI). (...)  [158 words]  [$1.8] MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°913 - 11/02/2010 COMPANIES Elmajd Profiles Elmajd Profiles is a new manufacturer of aluminium metal sections set up by Tunisian businessman Mohamed Hedi Ben Ayed. (...)  [100 words]  [$1.8] MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°912 - 04/02/2010 COMPANIES Alfieri Alfieri, an Italian manufacturer of industrial machines to make plastic bottles, has set up a Tunisian affiliate named Almed SA. (...)  [94 words]  [$1.8] MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°912 - 04/02/2010 COMPANIES Linde Linde, a German group specializing in industrial gas, is about to launch construction of a plant for the production of oxygen and nitrogen in Algeria. (...)  [91 words]  [$1.8] MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°912 - 04/02/2010 COMPANIES Lefevre Pelletier & Associates Lefevre Pelletier & Associates is assisting the Association des Societes de Gestion et Fonds d'Investissement Marocains (ASFIM) in promoting Moroccan mutual funds in the European Union. (...)  [71 words]  [$1.8] MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°911 - 28/01/2010 COMPANIES Daewoo Daewoo appears to be making impressive headway in North Africa. (...)  [79 words]  [$1.8] MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°911 - 28/01/2010 COMPANIES SMBC SMBC (Societe Maghrebine de Batiment et de Construction) is a new building firm set up by Tunisia’s Bechir Ben Amor. (...)  [107 words]  [$1.8] MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°910 - 21/01/2010 COMPANIES Hyundai Hyundai, POSCO Engineering & Construction and Rotem appear well positioned to win the contract for the Tripoli public transit system, according to our sources. (...)  [92 words]  [$1.8] MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°910 - 21/01/2010 COMPANIES Maroc Telecom Maroc Telecom (part of the Vivendi group) was the big winner of a study on Morocco’s Internet market published at the end of December by the Arab Advisors Group, a Jordanian consultancy and affiliate of the Arab Jordan Investment Bank. (...)  [137 words]  [$1.8] MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°909 - 14/01/2010 COMPANIES Egis Avia Egis Avia, a Toulouse-based firm specializing in airport engineering, has won a EUR 9 million contract to build a 5,000 sq. (...)  [110 words]  [$1.8]   MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°917 - 11/03/2010 COMPANIES Roland Berger Strategy Consultants Roland Berger Strategy Consultants is currently drafting a key study on holiday-making in Tunisia on behalf of the ministry in charge of tourism. (...)  [86 words]  [$1.8] MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°917 - 11/03/2010 COMPANIES BMCE BMCE (Banque Marocaine du Commerce Exterieur) forms part of a banking syndicate financing the 2009-2010 campaign of Societe Burkinabe des Fibres Textiles (Sofitex). (...)  [104 words]  [$1.8] MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°916 - 04/03/2010 COMPANIES Socal Socal, a bankrupt Tunisian food canning company which was put up for sale by liquidators, has been acquired by Hassine Zgolli for close to EUR 450,000. (...)  [104 words]  [$1.8] MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°916 - 04/03/2010 COMPANIES MoneyGram MoneyGram, an American money transfer specialist, has just acquired Blue Dolphin Financial Services. (...)  [89 words]  [$1.8] MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°915 - 25/02/2010 COMPANIES Sparkle Sparkle is intent on increasing its footprint in Tunisia. An affiliate of Telecom Italia, Sparkle, which supplies bandwidth and Voice over IP services to Internet operators, has just set up VueTel Tunisie. (...)  [102 words]  [$1.8] MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°915 - 25/02/2010 COMPANIES General Electric General Electric (GE) is to inaugurate a maintenance center at Boufarik in Algeria in April. (...)  [97 words]  [$1.8] MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°915 - 25/02/2010 COMPANIES Diotasoft Diotasoft, a French start-up specializing in 3D engineering tools and mobile applications, has opened a subsidiary in Tunisia. (...)  [53 words]  [$1.8] MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°914 - 18/02/2010 COMPANIES Porsche Porsche has seen its sales go through the roof in Morocco. (...)  [83 words]  [$1.8] MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°914 - 18/02/2010 COMPANIES Stratochem Services Stratochem Services, an Egyptian oil services company, plans to build a unit in Sousse (Tunisia) to analyze oil products and derivatives. (...)  [39 words]  [$1.8] MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°913 - 11/02/2010 COMPANIES SMTI SMTI (Societe Meditrraneenne de Transport International), which specializes in industrial logistics and transportation, is beefing up its business. (...)  [66 words]  [$1.8] MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°913 - 11/02/2010 COMPANIES Wabag Wabag, an Austrian-Indian firm specializing in treating water, is to build a purification unit at Ghadames in Libya as part of the Great Artificial River project. (...)  [52 words]  [$1.8] MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°913 - 11/02/2010 COMPANIES Viza Viza, a Spanish manufacturer of car seats, is to open a plant in Tangiers. (...)  [40 words]  [$1.8] MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°912 - 04/02/2010 COMPANIES Osram Osram, a subsidiary of Siemens A.G., is to distribute 20 million energy-saving light bulbs in Morocco. (...)  [82 words]  [$1.8] MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°912 - 04/02/2010 COMPANIES Dermscan Dermscan, a specialist in clinical trials of medicine and cosmetics, is setting up shop in Tunisia. (...)  [56 words]  [$1.8] MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°911 - 28/01/2010 COMPANIES Oak Overseas Oak Overseas, an American company that helps firms to export, has set up operations in North Africa. (...)  [83 words]  [$1.8] MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°911 - 28/01/2010 COMPANIES Sonatrach Sonatrach will be meeting with its suppliers during a second fair devoted to oil equipment and services to be held in the oil city of Hassi Messaoud between Feb. (...)  [145 words]  [$1.8] MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°910 - 21/01/2010 COMPANIES Arrow Financial Consulting Arrow Financial Consulting (AFC), a financial consulting and engineering concern based in Paris, has teamed up with Universite Paris-Dauphine to organize a conference of “risk management in Islamic finance. (...)  [154 words]  [$1.8] MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°910 - 21/01/2010 COMPANIES C2F Implants C2F Implants, a French manufacturer of medical implants (hips and knees) is setting up shop in Tunisia. (...)  [46 words]  [$1.8] MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°909 - 14/01/2010 COMPANIES Ubifrance Ubifrance is organizing a meeting in Paris on Jan. 19 on opportunities in the construction business in Algeria. (...)  [62 words]  [$1.8] MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°909 - 14/01/2010 COMPANIES TITF Sicar TITF Sicar (Tunisia Investment and Technology Fund) has acquired a 20% stake in Tunisie Place de Marche, a company founded by Skander Haddad who was behind the business-to-business web sites B2B Tunisie, Made in Tunisia and Maghrebex. (...)  [86 words]  [$1.8]