ALGERIA HOPES NEW RENAULT PLANT WILL BOOST LONG TERM GROWTH IN LOCAL AUTO MANUFACTURING

THE EXPANSION of Renault’s manufacturing operations in Algeria looks set to continue, providing new jobs in the north African nation, fuelling speculation about its strategic significance. The company has already created 250 direct jobs and 500 indirect jobs according to Guillaume Josselin, chief executive officer of Renault Algeria, through the opening last November 10 (2014) of a car manufacturing plant, based in the coastal city of Oran. Renault has plans to increase staff by a hundred employees to a total of 350 by March this year, Josselin told Algerian ...


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