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Belgian aerospace company SABCA opened on Wednesday in Casablanca new assembly line of aerostructures of PC-12, a single-engine aircraft made by Swiss Pilatus Company. Built over a 16,000 m² area, the $16 million plant employs 240 skilled workers and engineers. Its inauguration ceremony was attended by Taoufiq Moucharraf, Secretary General of Industry ministry, Stephane Burton, […]
U.S. Collins Aerospace firm, a subsidiary of Raytheon Technologies Corp., will enhance its presence in Morocco by setting up a regional supply platform in the North African Kingdom wherein the aeronautic industry is thriving. The announcement was made Monday at the Farnborough International Airshow 2022, one of the world’s biggest aerospace events, taking place on […]
Spirit AeroSystems, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of aerostructures for commercial airplanes, defense platforms, and business/regional jets has recently started producing at its Morocco plant the fuselage components, the front and rear section of the Airbus A220 aircraft. The site has developed expertise in the manufacturing of components for Bombardier business jets and has […]
Hexcel Corporation is expanding its manufacturing site in the Midparc Free Trade Zone in Casablanca to meet increased demand from aerospace customers for lightweight advanced composites. A ground-breaking ceremony for the extension was held Tuesday in presence of minister of Industry & Trade Ryad Mezzour, Hexcel top managers and customers. The expansion is expected to […]
Hexcel Corporation, a leading advanced composites company, has decided to double the size of its facility in Casablanca, Morocco, to meet increasing demand due to a growing success of its operations in the North African Kingdom. The Casablanca facility started production in 2018. It transforms lightweight honeycomb materials into engineered core parts to reinforce structures […]
Swiss aircraft manufacturer, Pilatus, and Belgian aerospace company, Sabca, have sealed a deal for the assembly of PC-12 aerostructures in Morocco. The deal, which was inked Monday by Pilatus and Sabca CEOs in presence of Morocco’s minister of Industry Moulay Hafid Elalamy, will give impetus to aerospace ecosystem set up in the Kingdom to attract […]
“Le Piston Français” Group, a major player in aeronautical supply chain, has reinforced its presence in Morocco with the opening on Wednesday of a second plant in Casablanca industrial zone. The French company has invested over €6 million in the new production site built over a 4000 m2. It will employ 100 engineers, specialized technicians, […]
American company Spirit Aerosystems, which has purchased the bombardier plant in Casablanca, is expanding its Moroccan factory from 10,000 m² to 25,000 m² and increasing its workforce from 350 to 850 employees. The announcement was made Monday following a meeting held in Rabat between minister of industry & trade Moulay Hafid Elalamy, and senior leaders […]
The Canadian aerospace firm Bombardier is to sell its aerostructures businesses in Morocco and Northern Ireland within the frame of the company’s new strategy aimed at consolidating all its aerospace assets into a single and integrated business. In a statement released Thursday, Bombardier announced “the strategic formation of Bombardier Aviation, consolidating all aerospace assets into […]
Morocco’s aeronautic sector continues to attract more investors and major manufacturers thanks to the country’s political stability, low-cost labor, tax incentives and geostrategic position. The burgeoning sector expanded with the opening in Casablanca suburbs of two new plants by STTS, a subsidy of French industrial group SATYS specialist in aircraft painting, and the Société franco-marocaine […]