# JTEKT opens steering systems plant in Tangier

JTEKT Corporation opened a new plant in Tangier Automotive City, Morocco, for steering systems. The investment was MAD 220 million (approx. €20 million), covering 11,300 square meters, creating 90 jobs, with production expected to start in 2020 aiming for 300,000 units in the first year.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2019-10-09
- Where: Tangier Automotive City, Tangier, Morocco
- Value: $23.0M (220.0M MAD)
- Jobs: 90
- Starts operating: 2020
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 300,000 units per year (first year target)
- Products: steering systems
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md)

## Companies

- [JTEKT Corporation](https://endata.com/companies/8792.md)

## Sources

- [foundry-planet.com](https://www.foundry-planet.com/d/japan-s-jtekt-opens-plant-in-tangier/), 2019-10-24: "The new plant is JTEKT's first industrial site on the African continent, expressing the group's ambition to expand further in order to become the leader in Africa in terms of steering systems production."

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