• Founded United Electronics in 1977, a manufacturing company in Alexandria specialized in the design and manufacture of electronic controls for industry applications. Capitalizing on his extensive experience in industrial controls, he later established UNITEL in Borg el Arab- Alexandria, which specializes in Materials Handling Systems. Today, UNITEL is Egypt?s leading supplier of many types of conveyors and integrated handling systems such as warehousing systems, assembly lines for white goods and specialized materials handling systems. UNITEL has thousands of installations and a customer base in Egypt, Libya, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Yemen, the United Arab Emirates and Singapore.
  
  
• Founded INTEGRA , a manufacturer of Agro Produce Processing Systems, in Borg el Arab, and Gulf Handling Co. a trading company in the UAE.
  
  
• Amir Wassef is a member of the Alexandria Business Association and has chaired the Information Committee of ABA for eleven years, and is now a consultant to this committee.
  
  
• Member of the board of Trustees- Borg el Arab City and chairs the Strategic Planning Committee, and he is contributing to the definition of the long term strategic plan of this industrial city.
  
  
• Additionally Amir Wassef is also a Consultant to the Social Fund for Development for Small and Micro Enterprises in Borg el Arab and a board member of the Medium and Small Enterprise Association in Borg el Arab.
  
  
• In 2004 he was appointed by the Ministry of Higher Education as the Egyptian Industry representative in the Founding Team of the Egyptian Japanese University for Science and Technology in Borg el Arab, where he has made many contributions to integrate academia with industry in this unique project between the governments of Egypt and Japan. He is an Advisor to the President of the-Egypt-Japan University for Science & Technology- for International and External Affairs, and a member of the University Council of EJUST.
  
  
• Amir Wassef is also a member of the Advisory Board of the Mechanical Engineering Department of the American University in Cairo.
  
  
• Amir Wassef?s main hobby is flying and he started flying at a young age, where he won Egypt?s championship in 1968. He holds a pilot license for gliders and single engine small aircrafts. He is now a Senior Flight Instructor for gliders and single engine small aircrafts at the local air club in Alexandria Nozha Airport as well as a Board Member of the Alexandria Flying Club.
  
  
• He is a Past President of the Rotary Club of Alexandria Mariout and an ex-Board member Borg el Arab Investors Association, and an ex Member of the Board of Trustees Amreya Technical School and Borg el Arab Technical School.
  
  
• His professional affiliations include membership of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers USA (IEEE), membership of Communication Society USA, membership of the Computer Society USA, and the Industrial Automation Society of the IEEE, USA.
  
  

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