The “Forvia Company” manufacturing automotive equipment launches a new industrial facility in Salé
This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
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The Forvia group, the world’s seventh largest supplier of automotive technology, inaugurated a new industrial facility on Wednesday in the Technopolis industrial zone in Salé, in the presence of the Minister of Industry and Trade, Riad Mazour.
This new Forvia factory, which will allow the expansion of the industrial group’s activities in Morocco, will focus on the assembly and manufacturing of textile and leather seat covers, with the aim of diversifying the offer and meeting demand of the group’s customer automobile manufacturers. .
On this occasion, Mr. Mazour underlined that “the establishment of new industrial facilities for the group in the Kingdom reflects the confidence of industrial pioneers in the Morocco destination and confirms the enormous potential of the national automobile industry and its high competitiveness. “.
He explained that this project will also contribute to improving the local integration of the sector and strengthening its position in global value chains, stressing that the new factory will improve the competitiveness and quality of national production.
He added that this infrastructure represents a “major benefit” for employment, with around 1,400 new jobs expected to be created by 2027.
The minister added that the group will also open another industrial structure to expand its Kénitra factory, which will create 450 new jobs.
For his part, the group’s general director, Patrick Kohler, stressed that “Morocco, which has a constantly growing local market, is a country of great importance for Forvia”.
Mr. Kohler highlighted the success of the group’s investments in Morocco, stressing that this project, as well as other existing factories, aims not only to manufacture, but also “to contribute to society, increase competitiveness and develop the automotive sector.
Note that Forvia, present in Morocco since 2008, currently has three factories in the country, two in Kénitra and one in Salé, and employs around 4,000 people.
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Its business includes the manufacturing of car covers, the production of dashboards and door panels for car interiors, as well as the final assembly of exhaust gas treatment systems.
