WCA January 2017

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Ribbon is cut on Delfingen’s new Moroccan plant

authorities, as well as many customers and partners joined them to celebrate the event. Delfingen Industry SA – France Website : www.delfingen.com

DELFINGEN, automotive supplier and manufacturer of on-board network protection solutions and fluid transfer tubing, has inaugurated a new site in Tangier, Morocco, an area considered by many as the new Detroit of North Africa. The company has been active in Morocco since 2000 with a production plant in Casablanca followed by a logistics centre in Tangier in 2003. The company now enters a new stage of strategic importance with the launching of a production facility of over 8,500m 2 in the Tangier Free Zone (TFZ). This significantly strengthens Delfingen’s industrial footprint in the area. This new site, with already over 100 co-workers, meets the company’s standards of industrial excellence, and will specialise in the manufacturing of technical tubing and sleeves for automotive wiring harness protection, and in the assembly services for sealing systems in partnership with the Hutchinson company. This new step reflects the group’s commitment to continuously assist its customers by being near their sites to enable higher reactivity and, thus, better service. Gérald Streit, CEO, said: “The impressive economic take-off of the automotive industry in Morocco, the trust we have in the governance of the country, together with our experience in local production for over 15 years prompt us to make significant investments in this area of the world over the next three years.” The opening ceremony took place in presence of Bernard Streit, president of the Delfingen Group, Gérald Streit, and the executive committee. Representatives of the TFZ, local New role at T&T Joe Maglich has recently joined T&T Marketing Inc as account manager, mid-Atlantic, USA. T&T Marketing Inc – USA Website : www.ttmarketinginc.com global

❍ The ribbon cutting at the new plant

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