ETDA - Key Persons
Through his 20 years of experience he has managed to develop the Apparel retail business in Egypt through acquiring the franchise of known world apparel brand names in Egypt. He has formed a wide network of distribution channels as well as being successful in developing marketing and promotional tools that formed consumer loyalty toward his brands.
He was graduated from faculty of engineering of Ain Shams University in 1968.He established the first company in 1969 . The Egyptian Weavers . followed by Hesni Dyers and Finishers in 1984 and Hesni Knitting Industries in 1992. Hesni Group has made a success out of specializing in the production of cotton and cotton blended fabrics supplied to Egyptian and multinational brand name manufacturers for ready made garments. The dye house specialized in pretreatment, dyeing, finishing and printing woven fabrics made of cotton, viscose, linen, polyester and their blends. About 25% of the materials processed in the dye house is exported to Europe and the United States in the form of ready made garments. Hesni Group was granted the ISO 9001 certificate for quality and creativity in 1998, and the ISO 14001 in 1999 for applying environmental laws and international pollution restrictions.
Through his career he has managed to develop the textile dyeing and finishing Private sector industry in Egypt to competitive with relevant Industries World-wide.
He was graduated from faculty of engineering in 1964. The company started as a family business in 1930's by Samy Riad. It was established as Fabrique de Flanelles Samir in 1947 focusing on the production of knitted fabric and ready made garments for export. He has managed to develop and establishing a vertically integrated textile and apparel factories under the Riad Group Co. , supplying quality products to leading international brand names and department stores. Under the privatization program, Samir Riad invested in El Nasr clothing and textiles Co. (KABO) a previously owned Public sector factory, which was founded in 1940 and he managed to restructure and improve the efficiency to become the largest manufacturer of underwear and outwear products in the world. Its products are well known by the international. He is also a founding member of the Egyptian Exporters Association
Job Titles:
- Secretary
- Representative of the International Textile Institute
Graduated from faculty of Business Administration, Cairo University (English Section) in 1995, Mr. Hany El Habibi is the official representative of the International Textile Institute (Manchester, UK) in Egypt and he was the president of the organizing committee team that organized the Textile Institute 82nd annual conference in March 2002, that attracted more than 150 International professionals and experts in the textile and apparel from around the world.
He is managing the feasibility of expansion of the Textile Institute network in Egypt to be part of the its International membership network that covers more than 90 countries and spanning every sector and occupation relating to fibres, spinning, weaving, dyeing , finishing , Apparel and Home Textile.
Prof. Dr. Karima Hagag works in the textile department in the National Research Center. She supervised several M. Sc and Ph.D papers with in the department. She participated in many local and international conferences as a speaker or discussant.