# Sumitomo Electric breaks ground on $67.6M wiring plant in Monastir, Tunisia

Sumitomo Electric System Tunisia broke ground on a new industrial unit in Monastir, Tunisia, with an investment of 67.6 million Tunisian dinars. The first phase, costing 46 million dinars, will create 2,000 jobs and start production by end of 2020; a second phase in 2024-2025 will add 3,000 jobs.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2019-12-05
- Where: Monastir, Tunisia
- Value: $24.0M (67.6M TND)
- Jobs: 5,000
- Starts operating: 2020
- Status: under construction
- Products: electrical wiring, electronic components for automobiles
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md)

## Companies

- [Sumitomo Electric System Tunisia](https://endata.com/companies/43757.md)
- [Sumitomo Electric Wiring Systems Europe](https://endata.com/companies/43409.md) (investor)
- [Sumitomo Electric System Europ](https://endata.com/companies/43758.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [webmanagercenter.com](https://www.webmanagercenter.com/2019/12/05/442133/industrie-automobile-lusine-sumitomo-a-monastir-5000-emplois-en-vue/), 2019-12-05: "Le chef de gouvernement chargé de la gestion des affaires courantes, Youssef Chahed, a posé, jeudi, à Monastir, la première pierre de l’unité industrielle “Sumitomo Electric System Tunisia”."
- [tunesienexplorer.de](https://tunesienexplorer.de/2019/12/06/grundsteinlegung-fuer-das-neue-werk-der-japanischen-sumitomo-gruppe-in-monastir/), 2019-12-06: "Ministerpräsident Youssef Chahed legte am Donnerstag, den 5. Dezember 2019 in Monastir den Grundstein für die neue Industrieanlage der Sumitomo Electric System Tunisia"
- [webmanagercenter.com](https://www.webmanagercenter.com/2020/01/02/442432/tunisie-retrospective-2019-performance-des-filieres-aeronautique-et-des-composants-automobiles/), 2020-01-02: "L'investissement mobilisé s'élève à de 67,6 MDT devrait créer 5 mille nouveaux emplois, dont 20% au profit des cadres du gouvernorat de Monastir et des autres gouvernorats."

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