18/12/2025

Visteon Corporation’s decision to invest in Tunisia was not an ordinary one, but a strategic choice confirmed by the company’s senior management at the highest level. CEO Sachin Lawande made a point of visiting in person on several occasions, travelling specially from the United States, which is rare and reflects the major importance of Visteon Tunisia within Visteon’s global system, especially as it is the group’s only centre in the Middle East and Africa region.

This direct interest on the part of senior management was not purely formal, but coincided with an unprecedented expansion in the volume of the company’s investments and activities in the country. Visteon management’s admiration for Tunisian skills, the calibre of its engineers and their ability to develop intelligent automotive software and cutting-edge technologies prompted the group to accelerate the pace of its investments since 2024 to exceed $100 million.

This expansion has resulted in the launch of an automotive software engineering centre, which currently employs nearly 200 Tunisian engineers, with a clear plan to gradually increase this number to 500 engineers over the next few years. At the same time, Visteon has expanded its factory in Tunisia to cover an area of nearly 20,000 square metres, with an estimated investment of around $85 million, to become the first factory in Africa to use cutting-edge technologies in the manufacture of smart automotive components.

CEO Sachin has led Visteon Corporation since 2015 and has transformed it into a global leader in smart cockpit technologies and software-based vehicles. The company employs approximately 10,000 people worldwide and operates in 17 countries across more than 40 sites and work centres, making its presence in Tunisia an important part of its international network of engineering, manufacturing and innovation in the smart car sector.