January. 19, 2023 /People's Daily / --Recently, Angel Yeast (Egypt) Co., Ltd. annual output of 20,000 tons of yeast products expansion project officially started. Rajeb, chairman of the new Benisuvev Development Zone, told reporters of People's Daily that as one of the most important enterprises of foreign companies in Benisuvev, Angel has created a large number of local jobs, and after the expansion project is launched, more Egyptians will be hired, which solves the livelihood and employment problems for the local government, and the move of Chinese enterprises to benefit the people is appreciated.

At present, Angel Yeast (Egypt) Co., Ltd. employs more than 900 local employees, including 56 Egyptian supervisors and 14 Egyptian key employees at the head level of the area, realizing a high degree of localization of the company's daily management and operation. When the new project comes into production, more than 1,000 local employees will be employed.

"The company is also actively building a circular economy and promoting local agriculture,"Sun Yuxiang, general manager of Angel Yeast (Egypt) Co., Ltd., introduced to reporters. He said that the company uses Egypt's local molasses resources to turn waste into treasure and vigorously promote cleaner production, and the wastewater generated in yeast production is treated and sold as organic fertilizer. And the by-product yeast fine powder is sold as a feed product at a low price to feed back the local agricultural planting and breeding industry. It is a model of green circular economy and has been valued by local governments.

Egyptian College Students Visit Angel Egypt Factory on November, 2022

Yan Yan, deputy general manager of Angel Yeast (Egypt) Co., Ltd., told People's Daily News that environmental protection is the lifeline of Angel, which is related to whether the enterprise can stand on its feet, survive, and make a difference. Yan added that over the years, Angel has been taking environmental protection as an important strategy for sustainable development, promoting the comprehensive, natural and coordinated development of enterprises and society, and actively fulfilling its corporate responsibilities. "This goal has pushed Angel's environmental protection work to a new height, and we invite residents from local communities in Egypt, teachers and students from schools to visit from time to time to show everyone the whole process of wastewater and waste treatment," said Yan.

The reporter learned in the interview that Angel Yeast (Egypt) Co., Ltd. has always adhered to the business philosophy of "environmental protection is also competitiveness", taken environmental protection as its own responsibility, and continued to promote environmental protection, energy conservation and emission reduction and clean production. To this end, the company has formulated a series of systems such as "Environmental Protection Management System", "Environmental Protection Accident Emergency Treatment Plan", "Raw Material Leakage Emergency Treatment Technology Plan", "Solid Waste Treatment Management System", "Wastewater Treatment Operating Procedures" and other systems, and passed ISO14001 environmental management system certification. The company's environmental protection governance is mainly prevention, and the "Environmental Protection Hidden Concern Management System" has been established, which collects and reports the existing environmental protection concerns every quarter, conducts timely research and proposes solutions, ensures that all environmental protection concerns can be solved in time and environmental protection operations are compliant and legal.

Egyptian College Students Visit Angel Egypt Factory on November, 2022

"The implementation of this project is an inevitable choice for the company to seize the opportunity of the rapid development of the global yeast and yeast extract market, give full play to the advantages of technology and location, meet the market demand, and aim to further develop the Middle East, Africa and other international markets," and Sun Yuxiang said that the total production capacity of yeast products will reach 60,000 tons per year after the project is completed.

Egypt's Al-Ahram Newspaper reports that Angel yeast is the pride of Chinese enterprises, and its successful development in Egypt shows that China's "intelligent manufacturing" strides to the world and occupies the commanding heights, which will surely bring more convenience and well-being to Egypt and other countries around the world.