Alstom announced, Tuesday, a 100 million dirham investment to expand its industrial activities in Morocco, unveiling the world's first multi-platform production line dedicated to train driver desks. «Seeing this first global production line established within our AMECA region is a strong signal of the industrial momentum we are building», said Martin Vaujour, President of Alstom Africa–Middle East–Central Asia. He noted that driver desks produced in Morocco will be shipped to railway projects worldwide, underscoring the region's growing strategic role for the group. The investment also includes a broader industrial development plan: doubling the Fez factory's transformer production capacity, and creating a development and engineering office to boost local expertise and support innovation. «This initiative is part of a wider plan that will sustainably reinforce our production and engineering capabilities across the AMECA region», Vaujour added. The expansion is expected to generate over 200 new direct jobs, strengthening Morocco's railway ecosystem and contributing to regional economic growth. «The doubling of our Mitrac capacity and the opening of an engineering office represent a major milestone for the Moroccan industrial ecosystem», said Mehdi Sahel, Managing Director of Alstom Morocco. Alstom already employs more than 1,400 people in the country and has delivered major projects such as 270 Citadis trams for Rabat and Casablanca, 12 Avelia Euroduplex trains for the Tangier–Casablanca high-speed line, and 77 Prima locomotives. Since 2020, the company has invested nearly 200 million dirhams in its Fez industrial site, including Morocco's first transformer production line, investments that paved the way for today's expansion.
