# CFAO South Africa announces automotive body parts plant joint venture in Durban

CFAO South Africa, through its subsidiary Toyota Tsusho Africa, has formed a joint venture with Ogihara Thailand to build a new automotive body parts manufacturing plant at Dube Tradeport in Durban, South Africa. The R1.2 billion investment will supply product to Toyota South Africa.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2024-08-22
- Where: Durban, Dube Tradeport, South Africa
- Value: $65.0M (1.20B ZAR)
- Status: announced
- Products: automotive body parts
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md)

## Companies

- [CFAO South Africa](https://endata.com/companies/59322.md) (partner)
- [Toyota Tsusho Africa](https://endata.com/companies/79344.md) (partner)
- [Ogihara Thailand](https://endata.com/companies/79345.md) (partner)
- [Toyota South Africa](https://endata.com/companies/79346.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [cfaogroup.com](https://www.cfaogroup.com/en/cfao-south-africa-announce-a-new-automotive-body-parts-manufacturing-plant-joint-venture/), 2024-08-22: "CFAO South Africa is pleased to announce a new joint venture between one of its subsidiaries, Toyota Tsusho Africa, and Ogihara Thailand, to be known as Ogihara South Africa and the construction of a new component manufacturing plant located at the Dube Tradeport in Durban to supply product to Toyot"

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