Rabat – Plastics manufacturing giant Erum has completed an expansion of its Tangier factory, inaugurating the new facility on Wednesday May 11.
The facility specializes in making plastic products for the clothing sector, such as plastic hangers.
The new expansion, which has cost more than MAD 235 million ($23 million), is set to nearly double the factory’s production capacity from 111 million units a year to 202 million units in 2023.
The expansion is an effort by Erum to “meet the needs of its customers and the Moroccan textile and clothing sectors,” and is poised to create a total of 700 new direct jobs.
The inauguration ceremony was attended by Morocco’s Minister of Industry and Trade Ryad Mezzour, as well as the Chairman and CEO of Erum Group Blanca Erum, and the group’s Director in Morocco Carlos Mulero.
The new factory is equipped with “high precision equipment,” Mezzour said during the inauguration, which cements Erum’s move towards “Industry 4.0.”
Industry 4.0, also referred to as the Fourth Industrial Revolution, refers to the use of smart automation, interconnected devices, and data collection to enhance the manufacturing process in factories.
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The company was started in the 1920s, with founder Emilio Erum manually making cardboard tubes and mosquito catching nets, before his son Emilio Erum pivoted the company towards plastics manufacturing for use in various industries.
Since then, the company has expanded, providing plastic products for the clothing, food, civil security, and home sectors, and opened factories and other facilities in various countries, including Morocco.
The new factory is now the largest of the group, as well as the largest investment made by Erum on a global scale.
