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MASADER
Founded in 2014, MASADER for Industry & Investment has grown into Egypt’s leading manufacturer of ISCC EU–certified biodiesel: a 12,000-metric-ton-per-year plant on the Alexandria–Cairo desert road, more than 40 people across engineering, operations, finance and commercial teams, and certified fuel exported to buyers across Europe and Africa.
- 2014FoundedMASADER for Industry & Investment is established in Alexandria.
- Km 26Plant on the desert roadA dedicated biodiesel plant on the Alexandria–Cairo desert road.
- CARBONA full process trainTwo-stage reaction to vacuum distillation, engineered end-to-end with CARBON.
- ISCC EUCertifiedMass balance, audited every year against RED III.
- Today12,000 t a year40+ people, exporting to Europe and Africa.
Leadership
Engineering depth, commercial discipline
Process engineering from oil, gas and petrochemicals, paired with corporate finance and investment — the foundation MASADER is built on.
102+years of combined experience
20+years
Mohamad Abdelrahim
A process engineer with 20+ years across oil & gas engineering, pre-commissioning, commissioning and start-up, Mohamad also built MASADER’s renewable-energy and engineering-consultancy ventures.
27+years
Mohamad Khalifa
27+ years in oil, gas and petrochemicals, including senior management and engineering roles at Sidi-Kerir Petrochemicals, the Egyptian Company for Liquefied Natural Gas (ELNG) as Projects Manager, and the Egyptian Methanol Company (Methanex) as Technical Manager.
35+years
Mohamad Elmosallamy
35+ years across oil & gas, petrochemicals and seaport equipment manufacturing and operation, spanning upstream and downstream commissioning as well as container-terminal operations with IMPSA Middle East and DP World.
20+years
Ahmad Hamdy
Board Member
Over 20 years in operations, corporate financing, consulting, investment banking and accounting, including executive roles at KFH Capital Investments (Kuwait) and Al Mazaya Real Estate Developments (UAE), and current board positions including Salam Education Holding (UAE) alongside MASADER.
CARBON partnership
Our technology partner across the plant
CARBON Engineering & Consultancy, an Egypt-based process engineering firm, engineered every unit in the train — not just one line — and the glycerolysis line that turns recovered soapstock and fatty-acid oils into additional certified product.
- 01Feedstock preparation
- 02Two-stage transesterification
- 03Gravity phase separation
- 04Centrifuge & water wash
- 05Methanol flash recovery
- 06Biodiesel distillation
- 07Finished biodiesel — EN 14214
- +Glycerolysis line
Our values
Integrity, technology and agility
01
Integrity
We produce what we certify and certify what we produce. Full traceability, honest specifications and audited compliance aren’t negotiable — they’re the basis of every relationship we keep with buyers, suppliers and regulators.
02
Technology Edge
Our process technology, engineered end-to-end with CARBON Engineering & Consultancy, is what lets us keep turning feedstocks other producers treat as waste into certified product. Innovation is built into how we operate, not an afterthought bolted on.
03
Diversity & Agility
We stay flexible in the feedstocks we can process — used cooking oil, soapstock, fatty-acid oils and animal fats — and equally flexible in how we do business, dealing directly with buyers and suppliers rather than forcing every relationship through the same rigid terms.
Vision
To be Egypt's reference producer of certified, circular-economy fuel — proof that industrial-scale biodiesel manufacturing and environmental responsibility are the same project, not a trade-off.
Mission
To prove, at industrial scale, that Egypt's waste-oil streams can become a reliable, traceable, internationally certified fuel supply — for the benefit of our people, our partners and the export markets we serve.
Interested in joining the team?
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