Boeing to establish in Morocco a specialized “industrial ecosystem”, able to create 8,700 jobs
Wednesday, 28 September 2016 13:59
Yesterday, Morocco’s king Mohammed VI oversaw the signing of a memorandum of understanding with world’s largest aerospace company Boeing who wants to establish in the kingdom a “Boeing industrial ecosystem” in a specialized.
Under the agreement, around 123 Boeing suppliers should settle in the Tangiers area, and 8,700 jobs should be created.
“This is a very important strategic project as we move into a new aeronautical era in Morocco,” Industry Minister Moulay Hafi Elalamy said
The Minister wishes for Boeing to play a major role in the development of Morocco’s aerospace industry, similar to Renault and PSA’s in the automobile industry.
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