US-based global automotive electronics company Visteon has opened a plant in Tunisia at a cost of around $65 million, the firm said in a statement on Friday.

Visteon Corp launched the facility in the Northeastern Ben Arous province on Friday, the statement said.

The plant has a production capacity of 20,000 pieces per day and will target European and Japanese markets, it added.

(Writing by Nadim Kawach; Editing by Anoop Menon)

(anoop.menon@lseg.com)

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