Morocco has dethroned South Africa to become the new leader in the automotive sector in Africa. This is at least what a study published by the "Policy Center for the New South" reveals.
28 individuals appeared before the Attorney General at the Court of Appeal of Tangier , pending their trial before the criminal chamber for the offenses of forming a criminal network, aggravated theft, breach of trust and receiving stolen goods.
Customs and Royal Gendarmerie elements thwarted an operation to divert spare parts from the Renault factory in Tangier. 3 million dirhams worth of goods were seized on Saturday evening on board a truck.
Morocco will produce the 3rd generation of Sandero cars from the Renault group, exclusively manufactured in Romania.
The automobile manufacturer Renault will close its Tanger-Med plant starting next week. This is a maintenance operation carried out on the site’s industrial equipment.
Coronavirus cases in Morocco are increasing sharply. In the last 24 hours, some 563 new infections have been recorded in the kingdom, bringing the total to 10,907 since the start of the COVID-19 epidemic.
Following the health restart plan put in place, the Renault Nissan plant in Tangier is operating again.
Activities in the two Renault-Morocco factories, in Casablanca and Tangier, have resumed since April 27.
Starting Thursday, March 19, until further notice, the Renault Group Morocco is stopping its activities on its two production sites based in Tangier and Casablanca. 11,000 employees are thus temporarily laid off due to the coronavirus pandemic.
This time, it’s done! Morocco becomes the leader in the automotive production sector in Africa, surpassing South Africa, long considered the continent’s leading producer.
The north of Morocco continues to attract companies in the automotive sector with the inauguration on Tuesday of the new factory of the Indian group Varroc in Tanger Automotive City.
The American company TI Automotive has just announced an investment of 16 million euros in a new factory located in Tangier.