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Kader Factory for Developed Industries

Kader Factory for Developed Industries is an Egyptian state-owned industrial plant within the Arab Organization for Industrialization. Its defense catalogue centers on armored vehicles and vehicle conversions, while its wider production base also includes fire trucks, cash-in-transit vehicles, railway interior fittings, custom civil and military vehicles, and other engineered products.

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Kader traces its public history to the 1949 Heliopolis Aircraft Factory, created to design and manufacture Egypt's Al Gomhouria primary trainer aircraft. After joining the Arab Organization for Industrialization, the factory took the Kader name and became one of AOI's vehicle and metal-fabrication centers in Cairo.

AOI describes Kader's main activities as the design and production of armored vehicles, fire trucks, railway-carriage interiors, customer-specific civil and military vehicles, wood products, and office furniture. Defense reference sources also associate the plant with older Egyptian armored vehicles, mortar-carrier conversions, training aircraft work, aircraft bombs, and specialized vehicle equipment.

Armored vehiclesMilitary and security vehicle conversionsFire trucks and rescue vehiclesRailway carriage interiorsCustom civil and military vehicle solutions

Notable Systems

Fahd armored personnel carrier, Wheeled armored personnel carrier, Armored Vehicles

Fahd armored personnel carrier

Wheeled armored personnel carrier

AOI calls the Fahd APC Kader's flagship armored-vehicle product and dates its launch to 1984.

Sources: Arab Organization for Industrialization Kader Factory
Walid armored personnel carrier, 4x4 wheeled armored personnel carrier, Armored Vehicles

Walid armored personnel carrier

4x4 wheeled armored personnel carrier

AOI identifies Al Walid as Kader's first armored vehicle, while defense reference sources describe Walid production and Kader manufacturer attribution.

Sources: Arab Organization for Industrialization Kader Factory, Army Guide Kader Factory

Manufacturer History

  1. Heliopolis Aircraft Factory established

    AOI says Kader began as Heliopolis Aircraft Factory, established to design and manufacture Egypt's Al Gomhouria primary trainer aircraft.

    Sources: Arab Organization for Industrialization Kader Factory

  2. Al Walid armored vehicle produced

    AOI's Kader history states that the factory produced Al Walid in 1967 as an early regional armored-vehicle program.

    Sources: Arab Organization for Industrialization Kader Factory

  3. Fahd APC launched

    AOI dates the Fahd APC launch to 1984 and presents the vehicle as Kader's flagship armored-vehicle product.

    Sources: Arab Organization for Industrialization Kader Factory

  4. Civil production expanded

    AOI lists 1995 milestones for adding civil products, producing firefighting vehicles, and starting agricultural equipment activity.

    Sources: Arab Organization for Industrialization Kader Factory

Predecessors
Heliopolis Aircraft Factory
Website links
Official AOI Kader unit pageArmy Guide company reference

Kader is publicly described through AOI unit pages and defense-reference reporting rather than detailed standalone annual reports. Public sources translate the Arabic name with developed, advanced, or development industries; connected weapon records use Kader Factory for Developed Industries.

Manufacturer Sources

  • Arab Organization for Industrialization Kader FactoryPublisher: Arab Organization for Industrialization | Note: Supports Kader's AOI affiliation, 1949 Heliopolis Aircraft Factory origin, Al Walid and Fahd milestones, main activities, product focus, and later civil-production milestones. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Army Guide Kader FactoryPublisher: Army Guide | Note: Supports Kader's Cairo address, armored-vehicle activity, and reference-list product context including Walid, Fahd, G 320, aircraft, mortar-carrier, fire-truck, rescue-vehicle, and other equipment lines. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • AOI receives Tanzanian parliamentary delegationPublisher: Arab Organization for Industrialization | Note: Supports Kader's status as an AOI-affiliated headquarters and exhibition site for defense and security industrial cooperation discussions. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Egyptian Ministry of Defense unveils Temsah 4 armored vehiclePublisher: Army Recognition | Note: Supports modern armored-vehicle production context for Kader, including the Temsah 4 reveal at EDEX 2021 and Kader's connection to Egypt's defense industrial engineering complex. | Accessed: 2026-07-11

Produced weapons

Category

Armored Vehicles

Troop carriers, infantry fighting vehicles, and protected mobility.

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Walid armored personnel carrier, 4x4 wheeled armored personnel carrier, Armored Vehicles1967 Six-Day WarWalid armored personnel carrier4x4 wheeled armored personnel carrierBuilt in: EgyptThe Walid, also rendered Al Walid or Waleed, is an Egyptian 4x4 armored personnel carrier produced by Kader Factory for Developed Industries. Open sources describe it as a BTR-40-like open-topped APC using a German Magirus-Deutz/UNIMOG-derived truck chassis made under licence in Egypt with a locally produced armored body, two crew, space for about ten troops, a pintle 7.62 mm machine gun, central tire-pressure regulation, and no amphibious, NBC, or night-vision equipment. It first saw combat in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war, later appeared in captured Israeli service, and was followed in Egyptian production by the Fahd APC family.
Fahd armored personnel carrier, Wheeled armored personnel carrier, Armored Vehicles2011 Sinai Insurgency, 1991 Somali Civil WarFahd armored personnel carrierWheeled armored personnel carrierBuilt in: EgyptThe Fahd armored personnel carrier is an Egyptian 4x4 APC family built by Kader Factory after German-assisted development work for Egypt's post-Walid armored fleet. Its baseline role is protected infantry transport, but the family expanded into command, ambulance, recovery, police-security, mine-laying, and BMP-2-turret IFV forms. Direct conflict-use coverage includes Egyptian government deployments in the 2011 Sinai Insurgency and Burundian AMISOM Fahd-300 vehicles in Somalia.