Sagem To Build Aviation Facility In Morocco

Sagem has signed an agreement with the Hassan II Fund to build an industrial facility in Casablanca, Morocco. 

Sagem Maroc will start operations in early October 2013 on a temporary site during the construction work. The new plant, located in the Nouaceur airport zone near Casablanca, will be up and running in September 2014. It entails a total investment of 5 million euros in 2013-2014. 

Sagem Maroc, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sagem, will specialize in the assembly of mechanical and electronic components for the aviation industry, and it will incorporate assembly operations that are now subcontracted. The new facility will span 4,000 square meters and will have about 150 employees by 2015. 

This investment in Sagem Maroc is designed to increase Sagem's competitiveness, and is part of the company's modernization drive, also including a new plant in Buchelay, in the greater Paris area. Sagem's industrial development program aims to ensure the long-term production of critical mechanical parts in France, while also giving Sagem world-class production facilities to meet the competitiveness requirements of today's global civil aviation market. 

Building on this new industrial organization and production sites, Sagem's offering of actuators and avionics will be even more closely aligned with the requirements of new-generation aircraft, including the A350, C919, KC390 and civil and military transport helicopters.