# Dangote Group and Sinotruk to build $100M truck assembly plant in Lagos

Dangote Group is partnering with Sinotruk to build a $100 million truck assembly plant in Lagos, Nigeria, with capacity of 10,000 trucks per year, expected to employ 3,000 workers. The deal was signed in May 2014.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2017-01-16
- Where: Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria
- Value: $100.0M
- Jobs: 3,000
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 10,000 trucks per year
- Products: heavy duty trucks
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md)

## Companies

- [Dangote](https://endata.com/companies/5473.md)
- [SINOTRUK](https://endata.com/companies/19998.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [nairaland.com](https://www.nairaland.com/3574988/dangote-set-up-truck-assembly), 2017-01-16: "The plant will be churning out heavy duty trucks on which his conglomerate, the Dangote Group spends huge amount on importation to distribute it’s products both locally and cross African countries."

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