12 Mar 2018

TECO

Founders: Saeed Mahmood,  Kareem Mohammed,  Mohammed Mahmood, & Mustafa Mahmood

Stage: Initial sales

Description: TECO manufactures cost-effective wood fillers and other alternative wood products from mixed agriculture waste and other materials for block board factories (latte/counter) and carpentry workshops. TECO’s products are fully locally manufactured and sourced. The company has been operational since 2014.  TECO produces, TECO Filler, TECO Iron and TECO Board. TECO Filler is a fibrous filler material for the MDFS board manufacturers that is 50% of the price of the current filling material and has the same weight (600 kg in cubic meter to 950k g in cubic meter). TECO Iron is a heat-resistant ironing table manufactured for household appliance retail shores that is half the price of the boards currently offered in the market. TECO Board is a standard 3 cm x 62 cm x 14 mm wood sheet for wood workshops with a quality that is between natural wood and beech wood and that can be painted directly making it easier to finish.

Value proposition: TECO offers a diverse set of cost-effective heat and fire rated and easy to cover by nature veneer wood products made from alternative materials for block board factories (latte/counter) and carpentry workshops.

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Picture: TECO product

Cleantech Arabia’s support: through “Leeha 2eema” Waste Management Entrepreneurship Support program

Supported with: African Development Bank, Egypt National Cleaner Production Center, Ministry of Trade and Industry, and Middle East and North Africa Transition Fund.