apanese group Fujikura announced on November 9 that its subsidiary Fujikura Automotive Morocco Tangier (FAMT) now mass-produces fiber optic cables, an activity in full operation since August 2026 at its site in the Tangier area.
Until now devoted to automotive components, the plant makes WTC (Wrapping Tube Cable) in its existing facilities, a small-diameter cable with a high fiber density. It relies on SWR (Spider Web Ribbon), the group’s own ribbon, whose fibers are bonded only at intervals.
The cable can run through existing conduits, which shortens network deployment. Demand from data centers and telecom operators is indeed growing fast, driven by generative artificial intelligence and cloud services.
Fujikura is making FAMT its supply base for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, in order to serve these markets with shorter lead times. Its release puts no figure on the investment, the capacity or the jobs created.
The group thus joins another Japanese fiber maker in Tangier, Furukawa Electric, which in 2018 opened an optical cable plant there.
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Fujikura - Fiber Optic Cable Manufacturing Base in the Kingdom of Morocco Begins Full-Scale Operation
