In early 2008, the Renault-Nissan Alliance started work on the “Renault Tanger Méditerranée” industrial complex. The new facility is built on a 300 ha site in the Tangiers Mediterranean Special Economic Zone. It will comprise an assembly plant with access to the TangerMed port platform. The new site will open in 2012 and will expand Renault’s production base for low-cost vehicles based on the Logan platform.
The environmental impact of Renault’s Tangier plant will be reduced to levels that have never been reached by a bodywork-assembly plant: CO2 emissions will be cut by 98% and no industrial waste water will be discharged into the natural ecosystem.
Morocco in brief (2009):
- Capital: Rabat
- Area: 453,730 km²
- Population: 34 million
- GDP: US$ 73,275 million
- Roads: 57,847 km
Renault in Morocco, key data (2009)
- The commercial subsidiary Renault Morocco is 80% owned by Renault.
- The industrial subsidiary SOMACA (Casablanca) is 80% owned by the Renault group.
- Workforce: 1,800, or 1.5% of the Group total.
- Production in 2009: 41,327 vehicles, or 1.8% of the Group total.