Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 39 | Page 28

PROJECT UPDATE LATEST REGIONAL PROJECT UPDATE EGYPT A factory will be built to assemble mobile phones in Borg Al Arab, in the Alexandria Governorate. IKU Mobile Phones Factory will be the second mobile assembly and manufacturing plant in the Egyptian market. The percentage of local components in the phones made by IKU will be around 40%. The factory is expected to be built with an initial production capacity of 1.8 million mobile phones annually with sales volume estimated at US$36 million in its first year. KUWAIT A hotel is to be built in Kuwait City that includes an intelligent car park. The Novotel Sharq Hotel will include an Intelligent Mechanical System, where cars are transported to and from parking spaces rather than being driven. The state-of-the-art system will provide parking on multiple levels, stacked vertically to maximise the number of parking spaces while minimising land use. 28 INTELLIGENTCIO www.intelligentcio.com