Moroccan King Attends Launch of Construction Work of Safran Group’s 'Aircraft Engines' Industrial Complex

Nouaceur, October 14 (TNA) King Mohammed VI, accompanied by Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan, chaired, on Monday in Nouaceur, the presentation ceremony and launch of the construction work of the Safran Group’s “aircraft engines” industrial complex, a structuring project that bolsters Morocco’s calling as a strategic global hub for the aerospace industry.

This Complex, which will be located within the Midparc integrated industrial platform dedicated to the aerospace industry in Nouaceur, will include a factory for assembling and testing Safran Group aircraft engines and another dedicated to maintenance and repair activities for new-generation LEAP (Leading Edge Aviation Propulsion) aircraft engines.

Beyond an industrial investment, the two new benchmark, performing, innovative and sustainable sites strengthen the excellent ties and exceptional partnership between Safran and Morocco and embody the firm Will of His Majesty the King to raise the aerospace sector to higher levels of technological competitiveness.

At the outset of the ceremony, a corporate film was screened, tracing the development of the aeronautics sector, one of Morocco's global industries, in recent years, thanks to the bold reforms and structuring projects initiated by the Sovereign.

On this occasion, the minister of Industry and Trade, Ryad Mezzour, delivered an address before the Sovereign in which he affirmed that because of the vision of the King, Morocco has established itself as a key global destination in cutting-edge sectors, adding that in less than two decades, and thanks to ambitious, successive and complementary strategies led by the Sovereign, the Kingdom has built a world-class aerospace industry.

The sector’s export revenue has significantly risen, “going from less than MAD 1 billion in 2004 to exceeding MAD 26 billion in 2024,” Mezzour indicated, stressing that the sector now gathers more than 150 stakeholders, including the world’s largest operators, and represents a genuine showcase for national industrial know-how.

Mezzour also recalled that the Safran Group, a long-standing partner of the Kingdom for 25 years, is today renewing its confidence in the Moroccan platform through the implementation of a world-class integrated complex for the assembly, testing, maintenance, and repair of aircraft engines.