Jokhdar meets with industrialists in the city of Sheikh Najjar in Aleppo… and a new hall is in service at the Syrian Spinning and Weaving Company

Yesterday, the Minister of Industry, Dr. Abdul Qadir Joukhadar, discussed with the owners of industrial facilities in the industrial city of Sheikh Najjar in Aleppo the reality of work, ways to overcome the difficulties they face, and mechanisms for providing energy carriers and securing production requirements.

Jokhdar visited a number of factories dedicated to the textile industry, suclair threads, fabrics, the manufacture of electrical and electronic devices, medicines, cosmetics, and the ice cream industry. After that, the knitting hall was put into service in the Syrian Spinning and Weaving Company.

The industrialists’ interventions focused on demanding the provision of fuel energy sources, reducing industrial electricity prices, securing primary production requirements, the necessity of distinguishing industrial drawings from commercial ones in order to achieve competition and export, reducing the prices of industrial oxygen cylinders, and providing transportation for workers in the industrial city.

The Minister of Industry explained the importance of partnership between the government and private sectors to confront the economic blockade and its negative effects, develop the industry and increase production by holding dialogue sessions and discussion with industrialists and benefiting from their vision in making decisions. He stressed  the government’s continued endeavor to achieve more openness to industrialists and meet their demands.

In a statement to reporters, Minister Jokhdar stated that there was a noticeable increase in the number of industrial facilities operating in Sheikh Najjar, reaching 945 facilities, of which 70 facilities began production this year, and 30 facilities obtained new licenses in preparation for starting work in them. He pointed out that all the proposals submitted of industrialists will be discussed, and a special memorandum will be prepared for the Economic Committee with the aim of addressing it and supporting the supply of new production lines.

Minister Jokhdar added: The Syrian Spinning and Weaving Company is regaining its health through the efforts of its workers and technicians, as the new knitted fabric production hall has been put into service, in addition to returning 15 looms to work previously, and the government is providing full support to restore activity and life to all the suspended industrial facilities and develop the production lines in them.

The director of the Syrian Spinning and Weaving Company, Ammar Al-Youssef, said: The knitting hall consists of five machines for producing knitted fabrics and acrylic threads, and its production capacity reaches 200,000 pieces per year within one shift, which can be doubled. The company also produces medical gauze through 30 looms, and through two looms for the manufacture of jacquard sheets and curtains.

Souha Suleiman