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The company was established in 1984 under the Investment Law. Initially, 46% of the company was owned by UK shareholders and 54% by Egyptian investors. EGYTRANS was one of the shareholders and the main UK shareholder was Rigging Int’l. In the beginning, the company had 21 employees and a capital of 328000 EGP divided over 32800 shares of 10 EGP each. At the beginning, ETAL had 18 axles for two hydraulic trailers and two prime movers each with 480 hp and a variety of auxiliaries. The heaviest package transported during that stage was in 1987 for the Suez 4 power station and consisted of a steam turbine of 280 tons. Important changes took place in 1988 including: Transfer to Egyptian rather than foreign management. Increase of equipment with an additional 14 axles of Cometto plus two prime movers as part of a deal with SADEIMI to secure 5 power station projects around Egypt In 1989, ETAL transported the heaviest package to date for Damietta power station consis

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