The French manufacturer Alstom has announced an outlay of 100 million dirhams (around 9.3 million euros) to scale up and diversify its industrial capacity in Morocco.
The plan includes commissioning the world’s first production line exclusively dedicated to multi‑platform train driver desks, with the aim of positioning morocco as an international benchmark in the railway value chain.
This move slots into a wider roadmap that foresees doubling the plant’s output of on‑board transformers, consolidating Morocco’s role as a supply base for international rolling stock programmes. The programme also covers the opening of a development and engineering office designed to sharpen local innovation and technical know‑how.
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For Martin Vaujour, Alstom’s president for Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia, the investment underlines the region’s ability to deliver strategic industrial solutions on a global scale. The group stresses that the driving desks assembled in Morocco will be fitted to fleets for projects worldwide, reinforcing the AMECA region’s industrial momentum.
The expansion is expected to generate more than 200 direct jobs, further shoring up Morocco’s rail‑industry ecosystem. Alstom already employs over 1,400 people in the country and has progressively built up an industrial hub around its site in Fès since 2020.
Alstom has been a key player in flagship schemes such as the Citadis tramways in Rabat and Casablanca, which underpin urban mobility in both conurbations. The company has also supplied Avelia Euroduplex trainsets for the high‑speed link between Tangier and Casablanca and Prima locomotives for ONCF’s freight and passenger operations.