Al-Maasara Engineering Industries

Al-Maasara Engineering Industries is an Egyptian government-owned engineering company associated with the country’s military-production system. It is also known as Military Factory 45 and is described as a government joint-stock company operating under the National Authority for Military Production, which is affiliated with the Ministry of Military Production. The company is located in the Al-Maasara area of Helwan in Cairo Governorate. The enterprise was established in 1952 on a site covering approximately 97 acres. Its facility was formally opened on 4 August 1954. The original purpose of the factory was military production, particularly the manufacture of ammunition of various types for the Egyptian Armed Forces. This initial role placed the company within the industrial infrastructure created to support Egypt’s defense requirements through domestic production. The company’s reported activities later broadened beyond ammunition. Its current industrial profile includes the production of electricity, water, and natural-gas meters, as well as chemicals used in civil works, light-metal products, and hazardous-waste incinerators. Household chemicals are also identified among its products. These activities indicate a portfolio spanning defense manufacturing, industrial measurement equipment, environmental equipment, chemical products, and metalworking. Al-Maasara’s institutional identity is therefore different from that of a conventional consumer-facing brand. It functions primarily as a state industrial enterprise and production facility, with its importance derived from its position within Egypt’s military-industrial and public-manufacturing structure rather than from retail visibility or international brand recognition. Publicly available reference material does not provide reliable details on revenue, workforce size, export markets, senior executives, individual product model names, or a standalone corporate website. Accordingly, the company’s documented history and product description are limited to the organizational, historical, and industrial information that can be verified from the cited reference.

Al-Maasara Engineering Industries was established in 1952 in the Al-Maasara area of Helwan, within Cairo Governorate. The factory was built on a site reported to cover 97 acres, reflecting the scale of the industrial facility created for state-directed production. It was formally opened on 4 August 1954. The factory’s original mandate was to produce ammunition of various types for the Egyptian Armed Forces. In this period, its role was primarily that of a military production facility, and it became known as Military Factory 45. The establishment formed part of Egypt’s broader effort to develop domestic industrial capabilities supporting national defense and reducing reliance on external sources for selected military supplies. Institutionally, the company is identified as a government joint-stock enterprise belonging to the National Authority for Military Production. That authority is affiliated with Egypt’s Ministry of Military Production. This structure places Al-Maasara within a state-controlled industrial network rather than within a privately owned or publicly traded corporate group. Over time, the factory’s documented activities expanded beyond ammunition. Its current production profile includes electricity, water, and natural-gas meters, which serve civilian utility and infrastructure applications. It also produces chemicals for civil works, light-metal products, household chemicals, and hazardous-waste incinerators. The combination of defense-related origins and civilian industrial output reflects the dual-use orientation found in parts of Egypt’s military-production sector, where factories may manufacture both military goods and products for public or commercial infrastructure. The available reference material does not establish the exact dates of each product-line expansion, the identity of company directors, the scale of current production, export activity, financial performance, or detailed procurement relationships. No verified information is supplied about a rebranding, privatization, stock-market listing, or change in institutional affiliation. The documented historical record therefore supports a concise account: a factory founded in 1952, opened in 1954 for ammunition production, and currently associated with a broader portfolio of civilian engineering, chemical, environmental, metal, and utility-meter products under Egypt’s military-production administration.

• 1954

  Facility opened

  [1]Al-Maasara Engineering Industriesen.wikipedia.org

  The factory was formally opened on 4 August 1954 to support the production of ammunition for the Egyptian Armed Forces.

• 1952

  Factory established

  [1]Al-Maasara Engineering Industriesen.wikipedia.org

  Al-Maasara Engineering Industries was established in the Al-Maasara area of Helwan on a site reported to cover approximately 97 acres.

• Expansion into civilian industrial products

  [1]Al-Maasara Engineering Industriesen.wikipedia.org

  The company’s documented current activities include utility meters, civil-works chemicals, light-metal products, household chemicals, and hazardous-waste incinerators in addition to its military-production origins.

A state-affiliated Egyptian engineering and manufacturing enterprise serving both defense-production requirements and selected civilian industrial markets.

• Defense manufacturing · 1952

  Ammunition

  Ammunition was the factory’s original documented production purpose when the facility was established and opened in the 1950s. The reference identifies the company as producing ammunition of various types for the Egyptian Armed Forces. No detailed information is provided about specific calibers, models, production volumes, customers beyond the armed forces, or whether every historical ammunition line remains active.

• Utility measurement equipment

  Electricity, water, and natural-gas meters

  Al-Maasara is currently described as producing meters for electricity, water, and natural gas. These products support the measurement of utility consumption and place the company in civilian infrastructure manufacturing as well as defense production. The available source does not identify specific meter technologies, capacities, certifications, brands, customer organizations, or model families.

• Environmental equipment

  Hazardous-waste incinerators

  Hazardous-waste incinerators are listed among the company’s products, indicating participation in environmental and industrial-waste treatment equipment. The reference does not describe the equipment’s throughput, fuel systems, emissions controls, installation markets, or whether the company supplies complete systems or individual components.

• Chemical products

  Household chemicals

  Household chemicals are identified as part of Al-Maasara’s product portfolio. This category suggests an extension of the factory’s chemical-production capability into civilian and domestic-use applications. Publicly available reference material does not specify product names, formulations, packaging, sales channels, regulatory approvals, or the markets in which these products are distributed.

• Construction and civil-engineering chemicals

  Chemicals for civil works

  The company is reported to produce chemicals used in civil works. The category may serve construction or infrastructure applications, but the available source does not identify whether these are additives, coatings, binders, treatment compounds, or other specialized materials. No verified information is available on product specifications or named projects.

• Metal manufacturing

  Light-metal products

  Light-metal industries form another reported part of the company’s civilian manufacturing scope. The source does not specify the alloys, components, fabrication processes, dimensions, or end-use sectors involved. This category is therefore best understood as a broad description of light-metal production rather than a named product line.

1. 1Al-Maasara Engineering Industriesen.wikipedia.org