Launch of the Fez Smart Factory (FSF) project

Euromed University of Fes (UEMF) and its partners, namely the Council of the Fès‑Meknès Region, the
Fès‑Taza branch of the General Confederation of Moroccan Enterprises (CGEM) and the company Alten Delivery Center‑Maroc, presented on the campus of Euromed University of Fes the project of the industrial zone “ Fez Smart Factory » (FSF ” which will be developed on the UEMF campus.

With an investment of 104 million DH, this industrial zone will be largely co‑financed by the Millennium Challenge Account‑Morocco (MCA‑Morocco) through a contribution from the Sustainable Industrial Zones Fund (FONZID) amounting to nearly 50% of the project cost and by the Fès‑Meknès Region.

UEMF and its partners aim to develop a sustainable industrial zone to meet the needs for improving industrial productivity and environmental and social performance, by leveraging the concepts of Industry 4.0.

The FSF project will be composed of spaces dedicated to technology transfer services, engineering, innovation and research & development (R&D) and technological research (R&T), including an incubator, a startup accelerator, engineering companies and R&D and R&T entities. The zone will also include the first model 4.0 factory in Morocco and 93 industrial lots intended for smart factories.

Covering an area of 11 Ha (owned by UEMF), the FSF project will host a building dedicated to innovation services that can accommodate about 40 project leaders, 30 startups, 10 engineering companies, 5 R&D and R&T entities and around ten investors in the business center. Among the other components of the project are a conference room, an exhibition hall, a restaurant, a medical service, a one‑stop shop, as well as a daycare center.