Egypt’s Korra Energi to build plants for Mevac’s $71mln veterinary vaccine project

Egypt-based energy industry contractor Korra Energi will construct two factory buildings and an office building for Mevac’s veterinary vaccine project in Ismailia governorate, with $71 million investments, its chairman Ayman Korra, disclosed.

Korra added that the construction of the ‘national project’ would be completed within 15 months. He also said “we are also proud of our contribution to the implementation of national projects.”

He further noted that the one building, spread over 6,250 square metres, is dedicated to production of avian flu vaccines with a production capacity of 3.6 billion doses per annum.

The second 8,367 square metres building will construct to manufacture genetically engineered vaccines for livestock and poultry sectors with an annual production capacity of four billion doses of loaded vaccine and five billion doses of live vaccines.

While, the third building will build on an area of 9,000 square metres as it would serve a Research and Development Centre, and offices.