New contract for FLSmidth in Egypt

FLSmidth has been awarded a contract by National Cement Company of Egypt for operation and maintenance of two of their production lines located in Cairo, Egypt. The parties have agreed not to disclose the value of the contract which covers a period of seven years.
 
The contract which is the largest operation and maintenance contract awarded to FLSmidth up until now includes supply of spare parts and consumables, development of a full operation and maintenance organisation, knowledge transfer to local employees and implementation of industry best practice.
 
FLSmidth is currently carrying out an upgrade of the two production lines which have been in operation since the mid-1980s. When the upgrade is completed in early 2014 each line will have a capacity of 5200tpd from the current capacity of 3800tpd.