A seminar was held at the Egyptian Petrochemicals Holding Company (ECHEM) on the 6th of November. The seminar was attended by ECHEM management and representatives from Petrochemical companies.
During the seminar, Eng. Hany Abdel Aziz, Vice President for Quality, Safety, Occupational Health and Environment of ECHEM highlighted the importance of Energy Management Systems (EnMS) and its benefits in reducing production costs by utilizing energy efficiently.
Dr. Tamer Hikal, Assistant General Manager for Planning and Projects at ECHEM and IEE projct Steering Committee member highlighted the importance of energy savings in the industrial sector due to the energy challenge which is currently facing Egypt.
The IEE project introduced its training programmes on EnMS and standards targeted to industrial enterprises. Sidi Kerir Petrochemicals Company (SIDPEC) is one of the enterprises who was enrolled in the training services provided by the IEE project and achieved good results.
Eng. Mohamed Ibrahim, SIDPEC Quality Control Sector Manager presented the energy savings achieved by applying EnMS and ensured that SIDPEC team has the sufficient capacity and expertise to take the lead in rolling out the EnMS training among its peers with the support of IEE project and Egyptian Pertrochimicals Holding Company in the Petrochemicals sector (ECHEM).
ECHEM was established to manage and develop the Petrochemicals industry in Egypt through new promising areas of investment. ECHEM priority is to enhance the growth of Petrochemical industry.