YAZAKI MOROCCO AND NIPPON EXPRESS SEAL A €10 MILLION PARTNERSHIP FOR A LOGISTICS HUB IN TANGER MED INDUSTRIAL PLATFORM

The Japanese manufacturing group Yazaki, world leader in the manufacture of electrical harnesses for the automotive industry, and
its compatriot the logistics group NIPPON EXPRESS, a global 3PL (Third-Party Logistics provider), have formalized their partnership in Morocco, regarding the creation of a hub where the logistics operations relating to the 4 production units of the equipment manufacturer in Tangier, Kenitra, and Meknes will be outsourced and centralized.
To host this project, the partners chose Tanger Automotive City zone, 25 km from the port complex andone of the 6 activity zones of Tanger Med industrial platform, whose developer and operator is Tanger Med Zones (TMZ).

Nippon Express, as Yazaki’s logistics partner, will invest 10 million Euros in the construction of the hub and then manage it, according to a 10-year contract signed on June 30th in Tangier, in the presence of H.E. SHINOZUKA Takashi, Ambassador of Japan to Morocco.

“This project is a fantastic opportunity for Nippon Express to consolidate its local presence in Morocco, which began in 2019. The partnership with Yazaki allows us to demonstrate our expertise in automotive logistics based on the latest technologies such as state-of-the-art conveyors, spare parts flow optimization, and new RFID solutions,” states Denis Sanguinetti, President of Nippon Express France.

“We are launching a centralized hub in Morocco that supports and gives flexibility to our operations. It will be the center for consolidating material, administrative, and financial flows. We chose Tanger Med because of its dual industrial and logistical offer,” explains Andreas Di Vece, Chief Operating Officer at Yazaki Europe Ltd.
(YEL).