After announcing its closure , the German-Spanish wind turbine manufacturer Siemens Gamesa is considering selling its onshore blade plant located in the Tanger Automotive City free trade zone. Production will stop in early 2023.
The German-Spanish company Siemens Gamesa has won the tender launched by the National Office of Electricity and Drinking Water (ONEE).
Siemens Gamesa has decided to close its onshore blade plant located in the Tanger Automotive City free zone. What are the reasons behind this closure?
Installed for three years in Tangier, the wind energy giant Siemens Gamesa announces the layoff of 10% of its staff. For the company’s management, this is a revitalization process to make the company more productive and efficient.
The multinational Siemens Gamesa is preparing to install 87 wind turbines in the Boujdour park in Morocco. In a press release, the Spanish group stressed that this initiative is part of the 850 MW Integrated Wind Project.
A second production line for the Siemens Gamesa plant was inaugurated in 2017 in Tangier. This production line, entirely dedicated to the manufacture of SG 3.4-132 type blades, will allow the plant to be more efficient and more profitable.
Since 2017, the Siemens Gamesa group has had a factory in Tangier for the manufacture of wind turbine blades, "100% made in Morocco". The group now has a record order book of 23.6 billion euros in the first half of its fiscal year, according to a press release. This augurs well for the group, which, moreover, will have earned 67 million euros in profits, on a turnover of 4.65 billion euros for the same period.