# Algeria and India break ground on transformer plant in Tizi-Ouzou

Algerian ministers laid the first stone for a new factory in Azazga, Tizi-Ouzou, to manufacture large power transformers. The joint venture between Electro-industrie and Vijai Electricals will cost 4.7 billion dinars, create 358 permanent jobs, and produce 115 units per year with a total capacity of 8300 MVA.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2019-11-10
- Where: Azazga, Tizi-Ouzou, Algeria
- Value: $35.0M (4.70B DZD)
- Jobs: 358
- Starts operating: Sep 2021
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 115 units/year, 8300 MVA total power
- Products: large power transformers (40, 60, 120, 315 MVA)
- Sectors: [Electrical Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/electrical-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Vijai Electricals](https://endata.com/companies/28754.md) (partner)
- [Electro-industrie](https://endata.com/companies/30701.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [lechodalgerie.dz](https://lechodalgerie.dz/fabrication-des-transformateurs-de-grande-puissance-lalgerie-et-linde-construiront-une-usine-a-tizi-ouzou/), 2019-11-11: "Cette usine qui devrait atteindre dans les 5 à 6 ans de son entrée en production, un taux d'intégration oscillant entre 45% et 60%"

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