A Chinese company is building a $30m factory in Nador to make materials used in wind turbine blades. Daosheng Tianhe has started work on its first factory outside China. The plant is being built in the Betoya Industrial Acceleration Zone, near Nador West Med port. The factory will make epoxy resins and structural adhesives, which are used to build wind turbine blades. It will have six production lines and a planned capacity of 50,000 tonnes a year. Construction is underway, with trial production expected to start in early 2027.
Daosheng Tianhe operates internationally under the TechStorm brand. The company recorded revenue of 3.238bn yuan ($450m) in 2024. More than 65% of its revenue came from epoxy resin systems used in wind turbine blades.
The Nador factory will also supply Aeolon Technology, another Chinese company that has set up a large wind turbine blade factory in the same industrial zone.
Aeolon has invested about $340m in its Nador site. The 50-hectare facility is designed to produce more than 600 wind turbine blades a year and has created more than 3,300 direct and indirect jobs, according to the figures provided.
The two factories will put parts of the wind turbine supply chain close to each other. This could reduce the need to ship materials from China and make it easier to export finished products through Nador West Med.
Nador West Med is being developed as a major port and industrial hub. Its location gives manufacturers access to European and African markets.
Wind turbine blades can be more than 100 metres long, making transport an important part of the business. Having a resin supplier close to a blade factory can help cut transport time and costs.
The investment also comes as Morocco expands its renewable energy sector.
The country wants renewable sources to account for more than 52% of installed electricity capacity by 2030. Wind power is expected to play a major role in reaching that target.
Daosheng Tianhe is not the only Chinese company investing in the Betoya industrial zone.
Chinese tyre maker Shandong Yongsheng Rubber has announced a $620m project there. The factory is planned to produce 18m tyres a year.
The projects are helping turn Betoya into a manufacturing base for companies serving export markets.
For Nador, the arrival of Daosheng Tianhe also means that more of the materials used by local manufacturers could be produced locally rather than imported.
The factory’s 50,000-tonne annual capacity would make it a significant part of the growing wind-energy supply chain in the region.
