The Renault-Nissan Alliance has unveiled a EUR400m second production line at its facility in Tangier, Morocco.
The new line will increase the facility's output capacity to 340,000 vehicles a year, starting in 2014, making it the largest plant in Africa.
It will produce Dacia Sandero and Dacia Sandero Stepway, two leading models in the Dacia range. The new line has created 1,400 new jobs, raising the plant's total workforce to 5,000.
Renault Morocco group managing director Jacques Prost said the new line illustrates Renault's willingness to meet its commitments and Moroccan Authorities' ambition to develop the automotive industry in Morocco.
"I am sure this second production line will produce great quality Sandero vehicles and will be a strong testimony of the "made in Morocco" label globally," Prost added.
The Tangier plant, which was inaugurated on 9 February 2012, is a limited company owned 52.4% by the Renault group and 47.6% by Caisse de Dépts et de Gestion (CDG).
The plant, which covers an area of 300 hectares, produces Dacia Lodgy, Dacia Dokker and Dacia Dokker Van on line 1, and Dacia Sandero and Dacia Sandero Stepway on line 2.
Image: The inauguration of the second production line at the Renault-Nissan Tangier plant. Photo: Renault.
