Alstom is investing €10.5m ($11.83m) in Morocco to build a new production line and develop in-country capability to manufacture onboard transformers for metros, trams and regional trains.
It will be the second production line at Alstom’s facility in Fez, which currently produces harnesses and electrical cabinets for rail. The production line, which will take up about 13,000 sqm of the facility, will be operational in 2023 and will have a production capacity of up to 200 transformers per year.
The transformers produced in Morocco will be installed on rolling stock in the Petit-Quevilly facility in France, Alstom’s centre of excellence for transformers.
Production activities in Morocco will be supported by experts back in the Petit-Quevilly facility, which will also be in charge of technology transfer. The new facility will have ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certification.
Alstom is a French multinational rolling stock manufacturer operating worldwide in rail transport markets, active in the fields of passenger transportation, signalling, and locomotives. With over 500 employees in Morocco, the company has delivered some major projects in the country, including the installation of signalling and the delivery of 190 Citadis X02 trams to the cities of Rabat (66 trams) and Casablanca (124 trams), 12 Avelia Euroduplex trains for the high-speed rail link between Tangier and Casablanca, and 77 Prima locomotives providing optimized solutions for freight, passenger and combined transport services.
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