# JTEKT breaks ground on new steering system plant in Tangier, Morocco

JTEKT Corporation held a ground-breaking ceremony for a new steering system production facility in Tangier, Morocco. The plant will have an annual capacity of 230,000 electric power steering systems and is set to begin production in 2020.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-09-17
- Where: Tangier Automotive City, Tangier, Morocco
- Value: $23.0M (220.0M MAD)
- Starts operating: 2020
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 230,000 electric power steering systems per year
- Products: electric power steering systems, steering columns
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md)

## Companies

- [JTEKT Corporation](https://endata.com/companies/8792.md)
- [Fuji Autotech Morocco](https://endata.com/companies/36304.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [jtekt.co.jp](https://www.jtekt.co.jp/e/news/2018/002707.html), 2018-09-18: "JTEKT Corporation hosted a ground-breaking ceremony on September 17, 2018 to celebrate the construction of its new steering system production facility in Tangier, Morocco."
- [mynewsdesk.com](https://www.mynewsdesk.com/jtekt/pressreleases/jtekt-hosts-ground-breaking-ceremony-for-its-new-plant-in-morocco-2816864), 2018-12-20: "This new manufacturing plant in North Africa will allow us to offer our customers the local supply chain they need while giving JTEKT an access to the African & Middle East markets."

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