5
May
Assafir Interview with Mr. Abdul Hamid Koubaytari
Across the years and since a very long time going back to the Phoenicians, Lebanon has a lot of traditions, among them, he is famous in the field of glass blowing and industry. Now, this industry is facing a lot of difficulties, and it's struggling in the middle of competition coming from other countries, especially with the absence of any government's support.
Assafir, the Lebanese newsletter, had an interview with the general manager of GG & KG, Mr. Abdul Hamid Koubaytari, to make a report about the traditional and modern glass industry in Lebanon, also to discuss about the problems facing this sector.
Mr. Koubaytari lighted up some points that can help saving this industry, which can be summarized as follows:
- To have more attention from the government, and to support this traditional industry by reducing the cost of energy.
- To face the foreign competition by having more strict rules from the government about the import of glass goods.
Mr. Koubaytari explained also about this tradition, that can help with the improvement of the economic situation in Lebanon, by having the suitable support from the ministry of Industry. He explained about the process of glass making, by traditional blowing, or by modern machines that help producing more items with better quality.
He added that Golden Glass is now empowered with new and modern machines, they had also success in exporting the Lebanese glass items to foreign countries like Middle East, Europe, Turkey, also to USA.
5 May 2016
http://assafir.com/Article/491531
