Morocco’s King Mohammed VI presided over the launch of a major Safran Landing Systems manufacturing plant in Nouaceur industrial zone of Midparc, near Casablanca, marking a fresh expansion of the country’s fast‑growing aerospace industry.
The facility, set to become one of Safran’s largest global centers for landing‑gear systems, will be built over 7 hectares and will focus on high‑precision machining, advanced assembly, testing, certification and maintenance operations for landing‑gear systems used on Airbus A320 aircraft, MAP reported.
Speaking at the signing ceremony, Safran Chairman Ross McInnes said the new plant follows the recent inauguration of the group’s aircraft‑engine industrial complex and will house some of the company’s most strategic high‑technology processes.
The site aims to support rapid production of Airbus’s A320 family and prepare for next‑generation short‑ and medium‑haul aircraft, he added.
The project represents an investment of more than €280 million and is expected to create 500 jobs once fully operational.
The facility will be powered entirely by decarbonized energy, and Safran expects it to attract additional suppliers to Morocco’s aerospace ecosystem, he said.
Industry Minister Ryad Mezzour said the project underscores Morocco’s rise over the past two decades into a competitive global aeronautics platform, supported by a skilled workforce and expanding industrial infrastructure.
Safran, a long‑standing partner of Morocco with more than 25 years of local operations, has played a central role in that development, he noted.
Safran, the world’s top maker of narrow‑body aircraft engines and the third‑largest aerospace supplier globally, continues to deepen its footprint in Morocco, underlining the country’s strengthening position in global aerospace value chains.
In October, Safran announced the setting up of Morocco’s first aircraft engine manufacturing complex in Nouaceur.