The first subsidiary of “ETILOG”, based in Presov, Slovakia, and specialized in the manufacture of special packaging for the automotive and aerospace industries, will soon be set up in the Sbikha2 industrial zone in Kairouan (central Tunisia). The first phase will create 210 jobs, according to the Foreign Investment Promotion Agency (FIPA-Tunisie).
In anticipation of this imminent establishment, the first of its kind in Africa, a delegation from this company, European leader in packaging systems with 3 production sites in Eastern Europe, recently visited Tunisia to “pursue discussions concerning the progress of the implementation of its subsidiary”, indicated the same source on Monday.
ETILOG is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of special packaging for the automotive and aerospace industries.
The automotive components industry is a fast-growing sector and one of the pillars of the Tunisian economy.
Today, Tunisia has around 200 companies active in the automotive sector, generating 16% of the country’s exports. In recent years, the automotive components sector, with its electrical and electronics branch, has become the leading industrial sector for foreign direct investment.