ARTI Egitto definitivo - ARTI Puglia

- Electronics Research Institute.
Since its establishment, the NRC has evolved through 3 distinct stages. The initial stage
extending from 1956 to 1968, focused on man power development and building research
capacity in basic sciences. The second stage (1968-1973) was characterized by a growing
interaction with the national production and services sectors. The third stage (1973 till now)
concentrated on customer oriented research serving specific needs of end users. The
scientific fields of interest span over Textile, Food and Nutrition, Pharmaceutical, Organic
Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Mineral Resources, Engineering, Renewable Energies,
Agriculture, Biology, Veterinary, Environmental Sciences, Medical Sciences, Genetic
Engineering,Human genetics, Biotechnology, Physics, and New Materials.
The NRC is marked by a basic orientation of its activities to customer- oriented research in
order to address the national needs more effectively through scientific and technical
research. So, it organizes its development-related activities almost into 8 major
multidisciplinary programs, namely:
- Environmental, Health, and Medical Research
- Biotechnology Research
- Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Industries Research.
- Chemical and Textile Industries Research.
- Material Sciences, Renewable Energies and Engineering Research.
- Food and Nutrition Industries Research
- Agricultural and Animal Research
- Natural & Basic Sciences
4.2.3. Central Metallurgical Research and Development Institute (CMRDI)
CMRDI is a research center affiliated to the State Minister of Scientific Research. The
mission of the institute is to enhance the competitiveness of the Egyptian industry and the
welfare of the society through technological development and technology transfer. CMRDI
offers services to industry covering research projects, consultancy, technical services,
training, testing and certification.
Over almost three decades of collaboration with Egyptian industry, these services have
been focused on the actual demands of the client and application in the company, giving
the institute a profile of needs pull rather than technology push.
CMRDI has a longstanding and successful collaboration with many national and overseas
R&D institutions, which guarantees a sound scientific basis. As a matter of fact, CMRDI
cooperates frequently with Egyptian industry and universities to enrich research in various
disciplines. One such case was the cooperation with the National Institute of Laser
Enhanced Sciences and the General Company for Automobile Manufacturing in the area of
laser material processing and how it can be applied in the car industry.
CMRDI has also largely benefited from cooperation with international agencies such as JICA
(Japan), TNO (Netherlands) and SIDA (Sweden). Thanks to this support, CMRDI was able to
42
THE RESEARCH AND INNOVATION SYSTEM IN EGYPT