Siemens to build rotor blade factory for wind turbines in Morocco
- Up to 700 jobs to be created in Tangier
- Total investment of more than EUR 100 million
- Factory will serve the African, Middle Eastern and European wind markets
Siemens and the Moroccan government have reached an important agreement. Siemens will build a factory in Morocco to manufacture rotor blades for onshore wind turbines, creating up to 700 jobs and thereby tripling Siemens’ footprint in the country. The construction of the factory is expected to start as early as the spring of 2016 and it is scheduled to commence operations in spring 2017.….