Siemens has taken the wraps off its new electrification and automation factory in Egypt, marking a strategic investment in the key technology that the company said increases its industrial footprint in one of the region’s fastest-growing markets.

The company said the facility will concentrate on localizing the production of critical energy technologies — including switchgear, substation control and monitoring systems, protection systems, and embedded cybersecurity systems — to serve Egypt’s accelerating energy transition and expanding infrastructure needs.

“Localizing the production of critical energy technologies is key to building resilient infrastructure and competitive industries,” said Stephan May, CEO of electrification and automation at Siemens. “With our new facility, we bring production closer to our customers, strengthening supply chains, accelerating delivery, and supporting Egypt’s industrial growth and energy transition.”

May went on to say that the new facility aims to support Egypt’s ability to adopt advanced technology and achieve its ambitious goals, especially in integrating renewables and ensuring the highest cybersecurity standards for its power infrastructure.

Egypt has raised its renewable energy target to 45 percent green energy by 2028. The facility’s product portfolio is purpose-built to support this ambition, serving both Egypt’s transmission and distribution networks and the rapidly growing renewable energy sector, Siemens said. With cybersecurity embedded directly into substation control systems, the technologies are designed to meet the highest international standards for the protection of critical energy infrastructure.

The facility directly supports Egypt’s National Industry Strategy (2024–2030), which identifies electrical and engineering industries as a priority sector for localization and increasing the industrial sector’s contribution to GDP. This investment follows a Memorandum of Understanding signed between Siemens and the Industrial Development Authority in September 2024 to advance local manufacturing of electrical products in Egypt.

By manufacturing in-country, Siemens said it is helping to strengthen local supply chains and support Egyptian engineering, procurement, and construction firms in delivering energy and infrastructure projects across Egypt, North Africa, and the broader African continent.

“Today reflects Siemens’ belief in Egypt’s future. A future that is powered by innovation, sustainability, and collaboration,” said Mostafa El-Bagoury, CEO of Siemens Egypt. “The new facility represents Siemens’ latest step in a journey that combines global expertise with local empowerment, delivering cutting-edge technologies made in Egypt, for Egypt and beyond.”

Additionally, Siemens Power Academy, a structured customer and workforce development initiative, is housed in the facility. Featuring purpose-built training rooms and education spaces, the academy’s goal is to enable participants to learn in direct proximity to live production and technology demonstrations. In its first year, it aims to train professionals in the skills needed to design, operate, and maintain advanced energy infrastructure — building on a strong track record of investing in a variety of vocational training programs in Egypt.

The academy is co-located alongside the factory floor and a dedicated customer experience center. The center enables customers, partners, and stakeholders to experience Siemens’ latest digital twin and IoT-based systems for energy management and grid optimization — technologies that Egypt is actively adopting across its energy and infrastructure sectors, Siemens said.