Car manufacturing sector in Ivory Coast

Official inauguration of the local assembly unit of new vehicles of Sotra Industrie. Vehicles manufactured: “Daily Ivoire”, 18 seats (expandable to 22 and 26 seats), modular in dump truck, refrigerated truck, “Massa” type “gbaka” minibus, ambulance, Gendarmerie or Police van. Capacity of the unit: about 1000 vehicles/year. The vehicles produced will cost 30% less than imported vehicles. Production has started. Workforce: 500 direct jobs. It is an on-site assembly, with a total of 519 different elements assembled.