Procurement and supply networks · company · Sudan (joint venture of Giad group and Egypt-based Elsewedy Electric SAE, established 2002)
Giad Elsewedy Cables
Reported or alleged link, not established
AGrade A: Official recordStrongest record: official record
5 documented ties · 2 steps from the SAF
Also recorded as: Elsewedy Electric SAE (Egyptian parent of the joint venture)
Consignee of RMIL brass-cup shipments in 2023; assessed by C4ADS as an intermediary between MASAD/DIS and the Indian supplier.
Their response
Elsewedy Electric's 2023 sustainability report says the Giad Elsewedy facility in Sudan 'was not operational in 2023 due to the ongoing conflict' (cited by C4ADS as casting doubt on a civilian use for the imports). No direct company response recorded.
Records
2
Each record carries its own grade. A grade describes the source for that record, not the actor.
AGrade A: Official record
Foreign partner says the plant was idle in 2023 and 2024
2023-2024
Elsewedy Electric's 2023 report: 'GIAD Elsewedy manufacturing facility in Sudan, was not operational in 2023 due to the ongoing conflict'. Its 2024 report: 'The plant wasn't operational in 2024'. Read in the original PDFs. Ownership per the Ministry of Finance inventory: Giad Metal Industries Complex 55%, Elsewedy Electric International 45%.
Response
No Elsewedy or Giad statement on the C4ADS brass-cup finding was found.
›Research notes
The idle-plant disclosure sits uneasily with C4ADS trade data showing the company as consignee of cartridge brass in August and October 2023.
Consignee of RMIL brass-cup shipments in 2023; assessed by C4ADS as an intermediary between MASAD/DIS and the Indian supplier.
Response
Elsewedy Electric's 2023 sustainability report says the Giad Elsewedy facility in Sudan 'was not operational in 2023 due to the ongoing conflict' (cited by C4ADS as casting doubt on a civilian use for the imports). No direct company response recorded.
Sanctions
Giad Industrial Group / SMT under US sanctions (1 June 2023); no listing of Giad Elsewedy Cables or Elsewedy Electric found
›Research notes
The evidence concerns the Sudanese joint venture as consignee; nothing read shows knowledge or involvement by the Egyptian parent. Legal review needed before naming the parent as a supporter.
2 more relationships below grade A (corroborated, single-source or unverified). Change “Evidence shown” to see them.
2 more relationships at grade C (single source) or D (unverified lead). Change “Evidence shown” to see them.
Dated events
3
Giad Elsewedy Cables imports 112 packages (about 84,574 kg) of 7.62mm brass cups from RMIL, after US sanctions on DIS and SMT. c4ads.org↗
CGrade C: Single source
RMIL exports a further 62,000 kg of brass cups to Giad Elsewedy Cables (1-3 October). c4ads.org↗
CGrade C: Single source
Sudan's energy minister meets Elsewedy Electric's chief executive in Cairo on resuming transformer manufacturing in Sudan (state news agency). allafrica.com↗
CGrade C: Single source
3 more events below grade A (corroborated, single-source or unverified). Change “Evidence shown” to see them.
3 more events at grade C (single source) or D (unverified lead). Change “Evidence shown” to see them.
Geography
Tags come from the recorded jurisdiction and from place names in the records. Coordinates on the map are approximate.
Based in
Sudan, Egypt
Also named
India (1)
Position in the network
Derived by analysing the documented relationships. Nothing in this section is a finding.
Connected to the SAF only when single-source claims are counted. Ranks 24 in the file for how often it sits on the shortest documented chain between two others.