issues . please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article contains content that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . february 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message this article may rely excessively on sources too closely associated with the subject potentially preventing the article from being verifiable and neutral . please help improve it by replacing them with more appropriate citations to reliable independent third party sources . february 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message orascom construction type public traded as lse orsd industry construction engineering founded 1950 headquarters cairo egypt key people onsi sawiris chairman nassef sawiris ceo revenue us 5.51 billion 2011 1 net income us 678 million w cement operations 2011 1 website www.orascomci.com orascom construction industries sae oci is a leading engineering procurement and construction epc contractor and fertilizer producer based in cairo egypt and active in more than 25 countries . the company was egypt s first multinational corporation and is one of the core orascom group companies . oci is one of the region s largest corporations . contents 1 history 2 see also 3 references 4 external links history edit oci was established in egypt in 1950 and owned by onsi sawiris . oci owned and operated cement plants in egypt algeria turkey pakistan northern iraq north korea and spain which had a combined annual production capacity of 21 million tonnes . citation needed in december 2007 oci announced the divestment of its cement group orascom building materials holding obmh the holding company for its cement group assets to the french lafarge . 2 the sale closed in january 2008 . 3 oci s construction group ranks among the world s top global contractors and undertakes large industrial infrastructure and select commercial projects for public and private customers principally in europe the middle east and north africa . 4 night view of the nile city towers . orascom construction industries headquarters is at the south tower on the right . in between the two towers lies the fairmont hotels and resorts . the nile city towers consist of a pair of 32 floors office buildings two of the first intelligent buildings in egypt implementing the eib knx building management system . 5 see also edit orascom telecom holding orascom development references edit a b orascom construction industries s.a.e. annual report 2011 pdf . orascomci.com . hollinger peggy ; england andrew 10 december 2007 . lafarge buys orascom cement for 10bn . financial times . retrieved 21 september 2015 . oci lafarge transaction completion orascom construction industries undated about us . orascom construction industries s.a.e. john beniston jens kommert abb stotz kontakt gmbh . abb i bus eib knx references . knx gebaeudesysteme.de . archived from the original on 12 january 2008 . external links edit orascom construction industries website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title orascom construction industries & oldid 743561464 categories construction and civil engineering companies of egyptorascom groupconstruction and civil engineering companies established in 19501950 establishments in egypthidden categories articles with a promotional tone from february 2015all articles with a promotional tonearticles lacking reliable references from february 2015all articles lacking reliable referencespages using infobox company with unsupported parametersall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from february 2015 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschespa ol nederlandsportugu s edit links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 05 52 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view