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Peugeot To Build 557Mn Euro Morocco Auto Plant // Peugeot De Construire 557Mn Euro Maroc Auto

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French automotive giant PSA Peugeot Citroen said today it will build a 557 million euro (USD 632 million) automobile factory in Morocco with an annual production capacity of 90,000 units.

The plant, due to open in 2019 north of Rabat, will cater for “the needs of the region and of Moroccan customers,” a statement said.

Chairman Carlos Tavares signed an official agreement with Industry Minister Moulay Hafid El Alamy in the presence of King Mohamed VI at his palace in the capital, an AFP journalist said. The group said the plant “will by 2019 assemble engines and vehicles in the B and C segments” — compact and mid-sized cars, the mainstay of Morocco’s automobile industry. “With a capacity of 90,000 engines and vehicles to begin with, this industrial unit will eventually produce 200,000 units a year, when demand requires,” it said.

Alamy said the new factory would create 4,500 full-time and provide indirect employment for up to 20,000 workers.

PSA said it was “today preparing the conditions to realise its commercial ambition (to produce) a million vehicles in the Middle East and Africa region by 2025”

FRENCH VERSION

Français géant automobile PSA Peugeot Citroën a annoncé aujourd’hui que son intention de construireune usine automobile de 557 millions euro (632millions USD) au Maroc avec une capacité deproduction annuelle de 90 000 unités.

L’usine, en raison de l’ouvrir en 2019 au nord deRabat, répondra pour “les besoins de la région et declients marocains,” indique un communiqué.

Président Carlos Tavares a signé un accord officielavec le ministre de l’industrie Moulay Hafid El Alamyen présence du roi Mohamed VI dans son palaisdans la capitale, a déclaré un journaliste de l’AFP. Legroupe a déclaré à l’usine « en 2019 regroupera lesmoteurs et les véhicules dans les segments B et C »voitures compactes et moyennes, le pilier del’industrie automobile du Maroc. « Avec une capacitéde 90 000 véhicules et moteurs dans un premiertemps, cette unité industrielle éventuellementproduira 200 000 unités par an, lorsque la demandel’exige, » il a dit.

Alamy, a déclaré la nouvelle usine créerait 4 500 à plein temps et fournissent des emplois indirectspour jusqu’à 20 000 ouvriers.

PSA a dit qu’il est “aujourd’hui préparer lesconditions pour réaliser son ambition commerciale(pour produire) 1 million de véhicules dans la régionMoyen-Orient et Afrique en

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