US Delphi Group to create 3,441 jobs in Morocco in 2008

The American car manufacturer Delphi group will create 3,441 jobs in Morocco property in 2008 upon an agreement signed Monday with the national agency for the promotion of employment and skills (ANAPEC).

By virtue of this agreement, the American group will shortlist people from the regions befitting from the large-scale National Initiative for Human Development (INDH).

For its part, the ANAPEC will support the development of human resources of Delphi Automotive Systems Morocco property and Delphi Packard Tangier in the sphere of information and training.

The 3,441 jobs will be recruited in the Delphi Automotive Systems Morocco property unit in Tangier, which already have 2,289 people, and the new Delphi Packard Tangier unit in Tangier free zone, which will employ 1,152 people.

Through the under construction unit, Delphi will become the largest company of car component manufacturing in the northern city of Tangier. The group concentrates on Morocco as part of its strategy aimed at benefiting from the Morocco property offer and the North African country's geographical location.

Present in Morocco property since 1999, the Delphi group specializes in power-train systems, safety features, air conditioning and heating systems, control systems, electrical/electronic architecture and embedded multimedia technology. The Michigan-based group employs some 170,000 people in 36 countries across the world and achieved a turnover of USD 26.4Bn last year.