Lear to open Morocco auto electronics molding plant

Southfield, Mich.-based Lear Corp. is opening a connection systems plant in Tangier, Morocco, to injection mold parts for automakers, suppliers and Lear's E-Systems and seating business units.

Lear is repurposing a 57,000-square-foot facility from seat assembly to component production, according to a May 23 news release. The facility is expected to open in the third quarter of 2023, it said.

"As one of the largest automotive employers in Morocco, Lear is proud to be opening a state-of-the-art facility in a country where we have been doing business since 2003," Enrique Orta, Lear's global vice president of electrical distribution systems and connection systems, said in the release. "This plant will create new jobs and boost our design and production capabilities in the region to continue to deliver products on time with the highest levels of quality, value and innovation to our customers."

The new connection systems operation will create about 150 new jobs, expanding Lear's manufacturing footprint in Morocco. Lear has 19,000 employees across 17 sites in the country, the release said.

In 2022, it committed to increasing its presence in electronics in the country.

The auto supplier transferred seating employees to other company facilities in Morocco.

Lear did not immediately respond to request for comment by Plastics News.

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