Renault: the group works council will be informed of Renault-Nissan’s new Moroccan factory

Nissan and Renault's CEO, Carlos Ghosn, announced on September 1, 2007, that he wanted to build a new "low-cost" factory in Morocco in Tangier's free trade zone by the second semester of 2010. The factory should create 6.000 direct jobs and 30.000 indirect jobs and car equipment manufacturers arer invited to go along with the investment. The file will be presented to Renault's group works council, which will meet on September 26. (Ref. 070781)
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Located only 15 kilometers away from Spanish coasts and at the crossroads of the big sea routes, this new site “beneficiates from an exceptional geographical location,” commented Carlos Ghosn, causing many questions among staff representatives.

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