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Morocco’s aerospace cluster passes 150 firms as composites work deepens [التجمع المغربي للطيران يتجاوز 150 شركة]
Proximity to Europe built the cluster; moving up the value chain is what keeps it. [القرب من أوروبا بنى التجمع، والارتقاء يحفظه.]
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The Nouaceur and Midparc clusters now host more than 150 aerospace firms, most serving European primes. What has changed is the work: wiring harnesses and simple assemblies have given way to composite structures and engine components.
That climb is deliberate policy. Morocco has tied training programmes to specific industrial commitments, producing technicians for capabilities the country wanted rather than the ones it already had.
The risk is concentration. Almost all the output serves two customers, and a rate cut at either would be felt immediately across the cluster.
Our read: the cluster’s next test is whether any Moroccan firm wins work from a non-European prime. That would prove the capability travels.