[FSF] 2nd visit of Mr. David Greene, Chargé d'affaires at the United States Embassy in Morocco, to the FSF site development and construction

As part of the works for the FSF project, Mr. David Greene, Chargé d'affaires at the United States Embassy in Morocco, visited UEMF with a delegation represented by Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) and the Millennium Challenge Account-Morocco (MCA-Morocco) in order to follow more closely the progress of the site development and construction works of the FSF site. 

During this visit, Mr. Mostapha Bousmina, President of UEMF, Mrs. Malika Laasri, Director General of the MCA-Morocco Agency, Mr. Tijani BOUNAHMIDI, Coordinator of the “Fez Smart Factory” project, and Mr. Fahd Salek representing the ADD emphasized the scale of this project to which was allocated an investment of 104 million DH, including a contribution from the Millennium Challenge Account-Morocco Agency (MCA-Morocco) via FONZID amounting to 50% of the project cost.

Initiated by UEMF and its main partners, namely the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Council of the Fès-Meknès Region, the Digital Development Agency, the Fès-Taza branch of the General Confederation of Moroccan Enterprises (CGEM) and the company Alten Delivery Center-Maroc, Fez Smart Factory aims to develop a sustainable ecosystem to meet the needs of improving industrial productivity and environmental and social performance by leveraging the concepts of Industry 4.0. 

Extending over an area of 11 Ha (owned by UEMF), the FSF project will include an 8,000 m2 building that will house services for innovative companies, namely a 4.0 incubator, a 4.0 startup accelerator, engineering services for Industry 4.0 and research & development (R&D) laboratories among others.