DRÄXLMAIER opens a design office in Sousse

The DRÄXLMAIER Group has been operating in Tunisia since 1974,  which marked the beginning of the company's international growth. Today, the DRÄXLMAIER Group employs over 6,000 people at the sites in El Jem, Siliana, Sousse and Zaouiet Sousse.

The DRÄXLMAIER Group has now made further investments in Tunisia by opening a design office at the site in Sousse. Highly-qualified electronic and mechatronic engineers are developing on-board wiring systems and electrical systems there. They are supporting the customer projects of the DRÄXLMAIER Group in Tunisia. The first six employees have already begun work and are currently undergoing extensive training. Plans are to significantly increase the number of employees this year and next. By the end of 2018, around 20 employees will be working in development in Sousse.

"The Development Center enables the DRÄXLMAIER Group to create more jobs for highly-qualified employees in Tunisia", said the CTO of the DRÄXLMAIER Group, Dr. Martin Gall. A third of the DRÄXLMAIER employees in Tunisia are qualified specialists and executives who work in functions like Development, Administration or Finance. Of that number, 1,000 are engineers and technicians. The company is currently looking for further skilled employees for the new design office.

 At the same time, DRÄXLMAIER is continually promoting the qualification and training of its employees in Tunisia. The company is currently training 30 young people for various technical jobs according to the German dual education standards. In cooperation with the  Sectoriel Center of Training in Electronics of Sousse, the company has been providing training in five different professions since 2013, for example in Mechatronics. Once they have completed their training, the graduates will be given a job with excellent career prospects. DRÄXLMAIER also maintains strategic partnerships with the most important engineering schools in Tunisia: ENIM, ENIT and ENISO. The automobile supplier also cooperates with local associations and trade unions. Thus, during Company Days in Tunisia, the Vice Chairman of the UGTT Trade Union Mohammed Ali Boughdiri praised DRÄXLMAIER as being a good investor. On his visit to DRÄXLMAIER, the former Chairman of the UGTT Trade Union Belgacem Ayari emphasized the high wage level and the good working conditions at the company.

Besides dual training, the automobile supplier focuses on training programs for its employees, like technical training courses, courses on soft skills and coaching. The DRÄXLMAIER Group is also very aware of its great social responsibility as an employer in Tunisia. Thus, as a local partner to the regions in which it operates, the company promotes cultural events, maintains partnerships with universities and engineering schools and regularly makes donations to children and needy families.