French company, Auvergne Aeronautics, opens second plant in Morocco

Rabat, Morocco - The French company, Auvergne Aeronautics, in partnership with Casablanca Aeronautics, will this year open another plant in Morocco to manufacture aircraft parts, PANA learnt from authoritative sources.Its first plant, established in April 2008, deals with boilerworks and treats aluminium and steel surfaces in Morocco.Work on the new plant will start very soon, the sources said, adding that the manufacture of parts would be for big markets already existing in Morocco, among them the Aircelle (Safran Group), Socaero (Daher Socrata) and Morocco Aviation (EADS).The new plant will be built in an area covering between 4,000 and 6,000 square metres, and will cost about 9 million euros.While Auvergne Aeronautics manufactures big aircraft parts, Casablanca Aeronautics manufactures the small parts.In 2008, Casablanca Aeronautics made a turnover of 2 million euros and is projecting a profit of 5 million euros this year and between 11 to 12 million euros in 2010. It has a workforce of 400 people.The aeronautical sector in Morocco, with about 50 companies, employs more than 2,000 people, and plans triple its turn-over to 1 billion euros by 2012. Rabat - 03/02/2009Pana