Founded in 1974 by the late Mr. Mohamed Nosseir, and now led by the Chairman, Mr. Khaled Nosseir, the ALKAN group has steadily become one of the leading private sector organizations & most respected corporations in Egypt, built on core values of quality, ethics & business integrity. By leveraging their shared resources, the various companies are able to collaborate and capitalize on each other.s strengths with the flexibility to quickly adapt to, and take advantage of market fluctuations.
The five core areas of interest are: Trade & Distribution, through EIM & ALKAN Medical, Textile manufacture & export through Almatex & ALKAN Mohamed Mahmoud Nosseir, Communication & Information Technology through ALKAN CIT & ALKAN Telecom, ALKAN Networks, ESRI & QSIT, Tourism & Aviation through Astra Travel & ALKAN Air, and Real Estate
through ALKAN Real Estate & Cairo Financial & Touristic Center.International collaborations & partnerships have been numerous and have included brands such as Vodafone, Yamaha, Komatsu, KIA, GE, Lilly Bayer, Pepsi, Renault and Pfizer, to name but a few.
The ALKAN group employs more than 5,000 professionals in 15 countries. Revenues in 2009 were in excess of USD $900 million.