Alstom has announced an investment of EUR 8.6 million to expand and diversify its industrial capabilities in Morocco by inaugurating the world’s first production line dedicated exclusively to train driver’s desks.
This is the central component of Alstom’s plan in Morocco and is compatible with several railway platforms – a major step that transforms Morocco into an international benchmark in the railway value chain.
“The train driver’s cabs produced in Morocco will equip rail projects around the world, confirming our region’s ability to provide strategic industrial solutions for the group. The fact that this first global production line is being implemented in the AMECA region is a strong signal of the industrial momentum we are building,” said Martin Vaujour, Alstom’s President for Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia.
In addition to the new production line, Alstom is launching a comprehensive industrial development plan, which includes doubling production capacity for Mitrac transformers and setting up a development and engineering office to strengthen local expertise and support innovation.
These investments will generate over 200 new jobs, contributing to the development of the Moroccan railway ecosystem and the economic growth of the region.
“Doubling Mitrac’s capacity and opening an engineering office is an important moment for the Moroccan industrial ecosystem. These developments complement the inauguration of the control panel production line and strengthen Morocco’s contribution to the global rail value chain,” said Mehdi Sahel, Managing Director of Alstom Morocco.
Alstom already has more than 1,400 employees in Morocco and has delivered strategic projects such as 270 Citadis trams for Rabat and Casablanca, 12 Avelia Euroduplex high-speed trains for the Tangier–Casablanca line, and 77 Prima locomotives.
Since 2020, the company has invested nearly EUR 17.3 million in the development of its industrial facility in Fez and the launch of the country’s first transformer production line, investments that have laid the foundations for today’s consolidated industrial ecosystem.
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