The mill is located in a small town called "KOUS " in Upper Egypt , 700 Km to the south of Cairo .Kous is a subordinate to the 6th governorate in Upper Egypt called "QUENA " . The mill is situated on the east bank of the " River Nile " , only about 45 minutes from historical Luxor where papyrus paper was already made four thousands years ago.

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Several factors decided the choice of this site :-

  1. Nearness to source of main raw material ( bagasse ) : Bagasse is the remained material from squeezing the sugar cane for sugar manufacture. Hence it was quite natural to choose a site adjacent to a sugar company for easy access to the source of the main raw material .
  2. Why specially Kous sugar mill has been chosen as a source of bagasse raw material? Because, in Kous sugar mill the sugar cane is crushed and subjected to diffusion washing in such a way to maintain the good characteristics of bagasse fibers without destruction resulting in producing high strength fibers of pulp.
  3. Abundant supply of fresh water owing to the big amounts of water required by pulp and paper industry every day of the year , the River Nile was found the best source for mill water supply .
  4. Availability of engineers , chemists, skilled labors and ordinary type of working men in QUENA governorate and the surroundings .