An agreement was signed in Oujda for the construction of an automotive cables factory which should create 3,500 direct jobs for an investment of 394 million dirhams. This project, the first of its kind for the Oriental region in the automotive sector, is led by the multinational equipment manufacturer Aptiv, …
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Dacia, leader of the Moroccan market, has just unveiled its third generation of motor vehicles made in Morocco, in particular the new Sandero Streetway and Sandero Stepway. Manufactured at the SOMACA factory, these are completely revisited models, with a reinvented and modernized design, which mark the beginning of a new …
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As part of the implementation of the Industrial Partnership signed in June 2015 under the Presidency of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, the Stellantis Group and Morocco have just taken a new step. Indeed, they initialed a new amendment which strengthens their reciprocal commitments in the development of the automotive …
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Automobile brand of the Stellantis group, Opel has just unveiled its new model Rocks-e internationally, an electric machine designed in collaboration with the Africa Technical Center, the Group’s research and development center located in Casablanca. Although it is in reality a rebadged Citroën Ami, this novelty constitutes for the brand …
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Already number one in Africa, the Moroccan automotive industry is growing stronger every day and increasingly rubs shoulders with the major industrialized countries. This sector aims to produce a million cars in the short term. Due to the growth experienced by the automobile in Morocco and with its proximity and …
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US firm PPG Industries, which specializes in building materials, announced the start-up of its new factory in Tangier which will produce automotive sealants for local vehicle production. “The unit, which is PPG’s first automotive coatings production plant in Africa, will initially supply materials for Renault group’s Dacia brand vehicles which …
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Michelin, the world leader in tires and mobility, announced in a press release the establishment of a sales agency in Casablanca, Morocco. The new agency will seek to contribute to the professionalization of the use and sale of tires on the Moroccan market, in particular by increasing tire performance, road …
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The manufacture of automotive parts for the Tesla brand of billionaire Elon Musk entrusted to the American company STMicroelectronics, located in Bouskoura in the Casablanca region, propels Morocco into the electric vehicle market. It is fast becoming the first African country to enter this market. STMicroelectronics is about to inaugurate …
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After furniture giant Ikea in 2015 and rising star of mid-range watchmaking Daniel Wellington more recently (in 2018), another renowned Swedish group is planting its banner in Morocco. This time, it is the world leader in the production of rubber and industrial polymers in question and who has just inaugurated …
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The automotive sector has shown great resistance to the impacts of the crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. In the first quarter of 2021, the sector recorded growth of 38.9%. In its recent statistics, the Foreign Exchange Office reported that automotive sector exports were MAD 22.602 billion in the first …
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