Morocco may see another addition to its automotive wire and cable base under a proposed joint venture between China’s Wuxi Xinhongye Wire & Cable Technology and France’s ACOME Automotive in the Tangier region, following a Sept. 3 board framework approval by Wuxi.
Per Moroccan media reports citing a Xinhongye stock-exchange filing, Wuxi’s board approved forming a wholly owned Hong Kong subsidiary that would partner with ACOME Automotive to establish Morocco ACOME Xinhongye Automotive Cables. The planned operation would manufacture wire and cable, wiring harnesses, plugs, connectors and related products.
The reports said Wuxi would hold 80% of the venture through its proposed Hong Kong subsidiary, with ACOME holding 20%. The venture would have €10 million in registered capital, and total investment was described as capped at approximately $32 million. Negotiations were continuing and no definitive joint-venture agreement had been signed. The final investment and the company’s formation remain subject to Chinese and Moroccan approvals.
Context in Morocco
The prospective project would be a relatively small addition to Morocco’s established automotive-wiring base. Reuters reported in 2022 that the country had 17 cabling plants. Major suppliers with Moroccan operations include Leoni, Yazaki, Sumitomo Electric, Lear, Aptiv, Fujikura, Kromberg & Schubert, TE Connectivity, Coficab and ACOME.
ACOME said it opened a 17,000-sq-m automotive-cable plant in Tangier Free Zone in 2018. Per the company, the site manufactures its small-gauge “skinny wire” product range, has capacity for 1.5 million km of wire and cable annually, and uses drawing, stranding, polymer-processing, sheathing and cross-linking technologies.
Morocco’s automotive-wiring cluster has developed through its proximity to European vehicle markets, export-oriented industrial zones and domestic vehicle assembly operations led by Renault and Stellantis. Moroccan business media, citing official trade data, reported that wiring-harness exports rose 16.1% year over year to about $2.39 billion in the first four months of 2026.
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