Safran Opens Temara Extension, Adding 400 Jobs in Morocco

Safran Electrical & Power has inaugurated a 5,700-square-metre extension of its Temara plant in Morocco, a move expected to create 400 jobs. The ceremony took place on October 13, 2026, and marked 20 years of the French group’s industrial presence in the kingdom.

The event was attended by Industry and Trade Minister Ryad Mezzour and French Ambassador Philippe Lalliot, according to Morocco World News.

Key facts about the Safran Morocco extension

• The extension adds 5,700 square metres, bringing the Temara site to 31,400 square metres.
• About 400 additional jobs are expected, on top of more than 1,600 people already employed there.
• The plant makes nearly 93,000 electrical harnesses a year.
• Site activity is expected to reach almost two million production hours in 2026.

What the Temara plant builds for aircraft

Electrical harnesses are the bundled wiring that carries power and signals through an aircraft. The Temara site produces them for the Airbus A320 and A350, for Airbus Helicopters aircraft and for the H160 helicopter. The new space expands capacity for electrical cables and equipment supporting both civil and military aerospace programmes.

Development of the site began in 2005, when Safran integrated the company Gespec, and the plant opened in 2006. Safran has since added activities in Casablanca, where electric motors, landing brakes and electromechanical operations are carried out, according to Safran Electrical & Power chief executive Bruno Bellanger.

Morocco’s growing aerospace industry

The expansion adds to a wider build-up of aircraft supply chains near Casablanca, which we covered in Airbus and Safran deepen reliance on Morocco. For more business coverage, see our report on Morocco’s AI 2030 roadmap and the latest Economy news.

Serge Pons, executive vice president at Safran, said the anniversary shows “the confidence Safran has placed in Morocco and its talent” over two decades. Bellanger linked the group’s electrical focus to its goal of carbon-neutral aviation by 2050. The investment amount for this extension was not disclosed.

Sources: Morocco World News; Morocco World News (earlier Safran investment report)