• Stellantis has opened its third vehicle dismantling center worldwide in Casablanca, after Turin and São Paulo.
• The €1.6 million, 6,000 sqm site can dismantle up to 10,000 vehicles a year at full capacity.
• The facility supports Morocco and West Africa with traceable end-of-life vehicle flows, reusable parts, and recycling pathways.

Casablanca Becomes Stellantis’ Circular Economy Hub For MEA

Casablanca is becoming a new industrial test bed for automotive circularity in the Middle East and Africa, as Stellantis opens its first vehicle dismantling center in the region.

The Morocco facility is Stellantis’ third worldwide dismantling center, following sites in Turin, Italy, and São Paulo, Brazil. It is also the first of its kind launched by an automaker in Morocco.

The site forms part of Stellantis’ broader Circular Economy strategy, deployed in MEA through SUSTAINera, the company’s dedicated business unit for remanufacturing, repair, reuse, and recycling. The objective is practical: keep vehicles and parts in use for longer, reduce waste, recover materials, and create more affordable aftersales options.

“Circular Economy is a strategic priority for Stellantis in the Middle East and Africa. It enables us to combine industrial performance, affordability for customers and the responsible use of resources, while securing our long-term industrial footprint across the Region” said Samir Cherfan, Chief Operating Officer Middle East & Africa and Global Head of Micromobility, Stellantis.

A Regional Pilot For End-Of-Life Vehicle Management

The Casablanca center is designed to serve Morocco and Sub-Saharan Africa, with a focus on West Africa. Stellantis describes the site as a regional industrial pilot and catalyst for structuring Circular Economy activities across MEA.

Its core activities include sourcing end-of-life vehicles, dismantling them, selling used original parts, and collecting parts for recycling. Vehicles will come from insurance companies, auctions, and established ELV channels.

At full capacity, the site can dismantle up to 10,000 vehicles a year. The €1.6 million investment also supports about 150 direct and indirect jobs.

For policymakers, the project brings structure to a segment that can often operate informally. For investors and operators, it shows how automakers can turn compliance, resource recovery, and aftermarket demand into a regional business model.

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Used Parts, Batteries, And Aftermarket Access

The center will expand access to fully functional reusable original parts across Stellantis’ aftersales network and digital channels. The company said the facility will also offer selected used product families, including traction batteries.

That matters for the region’s vehicle market. More affordable used and remanufactured parts can lower maintenance costs for customers. At the same time, traceable recovery and recycling can reduce material leakage from end-of-life vehicles.

The regional offering already includes sales of remanufactured parts, used original parts through the B-Parts platform, and recycling and ELV partnerships. These services are distributed through Stellantis’ aftersales network, partner repairers, and Distrigo hubs.

“Circular Economy is a concrete way to deliver value to customers by extending the lifespan of vehicles and parts while optimizing resources. With SUSTAINera, we are industrializing a strategy based on the principles of the 4Rs-remanufacturing, repair, reuse and recycling-designed to be scalable, efficient and accessible, without compromising on quality”, said Jean Christophe Bertrand, SVP Stellantis Middle East & Africa Parts & Services.

What Executives Should Take From The Project

For C-suite leaders, the Casablanca project points to a shift in how automotive companies view end-of-life assets. Circular Economy is no longer only a sustainability narrative. It is becoming a supply, cost, compliance, and customer access strategy.

The model also gives Morocco a sharper role in regional industrial policy. By hosting the first automaker-led dismantling center of this type in the country, Casablanca becomes a reference point for formal ELV management across MEA.

For Stellantis, the value lies in scale. The company is building a network that links industrial dismantling, reusable parts, recycling, digital resale, and aftersales channels. If replicated across MEA, the approach could help reduce waste, extend vehicle life, and deepen local value creation.

The broader significance is regional. As African and Middle Eastern markets expand their vehicle fleets, the question is not only how cars are sold. It is how they are maintained, reused, recovered, and regulated at the end of their life.

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