ETHIOPIA HAS ITS SIGHTS SET ON FULL CAR MANUFACTURING BY 2015
November 1st, 2012
BY JONATHAN DYSON, IN ADDIS ABABA
IN the latest sign that Ethiopia has a robustly expanding auto manufacturing sector, China's Lifan has said that it is to double its assembly capacity in the country. The manufacturer revealed to wardsauto that it is to open a new plant with a capacity of 1,500 to 2,000 cars per year in Ethiopia in the middle of next year. Lifan already operates a plant with the same level of capacity in the country.
"Demand for Lifan cars is growing a lot in Ethiopia," said Roger Tian, deputy general manager of Lifan in Ethiopia. He ...
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