Japanese group JTEKT Corporation inaugurates its new site in Tangier

The Japanese group JTEKT Corporation proceeded on Wednesday at Tanger Automotive City, the inauguration of its new site of production of management systems, an investment of 220 million dirhams.
Inaugurated in the presence, in particular, of the Wali of the Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceima region, Mohamed Mhidia, of the governor of the province of Fahs-Anjra, Abdelkhalek Marzouki, of the Japanese ambassador to Morocco, Takuji Hanatani, as well as of several persons in charge and professionals of the automotive industry, this factory covers an area of ​​11,300 square meters and is located within the Tanger Med industrial platform.

Speaking on this occasion, the Secretary of State to the Minister of Industry, Investment, Trade and Digital Economy, in charge of Investment, Othman El Ferdaous, said that the launch of The work of this JTEKT group plant has led to the creation of 90 jobs in the automotive and spare parts sector in Morocco.

This factory, according to the Japanese design, is not only dedicated to the manufacture of auto parts, but also a school for the Moroccan labor force, that the Japanese investors consider very competent and in adequacy with the technological evolution, El Ferdaous said.

It is also a culture of quality brought back by the JTEKT Corporation production site, he continued, noting that the parts produced by the plant are of high technology and will allow the automotive sector to be resilient. vis-à-vis the big shocks he could face.

JTEKT Corporation Executive Director Hirofumi Matsuoka said the new plant in Tangier is JTEKT's first industrial site on the African continent, signaling the group's ambition to expand further in the future. to become a leader in Africa in terms of production of steering systems.

The plant uses the latest technology and is constantly training its workforce, he added, noting that the implementation of the ecosystem of the PSA group in Morocco, the largest customer of JTEKT, encouraged the installation of the Japanese equipment manufacturer within the Kingdom.

JTEKT Automotive Morocco president, Laurent Perrotte, said that this new production site will allow the Japanese group to offer its historical customers a local integration, while allowing access to markets in Africa and the Middle East. East who are experiencing strong growth.

He welcomed, in this sense, the policy of Morocco in the field of the automobile which made it possible to develop a very attractive ecosystem for the foreign investors, making known that the JTEKT factory in Tangier counts two lines of production, the first one. manual columns, the results of which are very promising, and the other for the production of power steering systems, which will start in 2020.

This Tangiers plant, which manufactures and sells electric power steering systems and steering columns, is considered to be the first in the group comprising JTEKT Automotive Morocco and its manual column production subsidiary, Fuji Autotech. Morocco.

The start of the production of the different projects will take place between 2019 and 2020, with an expected annual capacity of 300,000 electric power steering systems and 700,000 manual columns for the Moroccan and European factories of international car manufacturers.