HM the King receives Spanish Sovereign
Marrakech - HM King Mohammed VI received, on Monday at the Royal palace in Marrakech, Juan Carlos I of Spain, with whom the Monarch held a private meeting.
      The Spanish Sovereign, who is on a private visit to Morocco, was greeted by the Prime Minister, the Speakers of the two Houses of parliament, the Foreign Minister and the Interior Minister.
   
    King Juan Carlos was also greeted by several high ranking officers of the General Staff of the Royal Armed Forces, the Director of security police, the Wali of Marrakech-Tensift-El Haouz region, Governor of Marrakech prefecture, as well as by local elected officials.
     HM King Mohammed was greeted by the Chief of Spanish Royal Household, the Spanish Ambassador in Rabat and members of the delegation accompanying king Juan Carlos.

    The ceremony reflects the firmness of links between the two head of states and the two friendly peoples.

HM the King inaugurates model factory 'INMAA' worth 20 million dirhams
Bouskoura (Casablanca) - HM King Mohammed VI inaugurated, on Saturday in Bouskoura, a model plant INMAA, one of the projects initiated under Morocco's National Pact for Industrial Emergence, worth 20 million dirhams.
 - INMAA, first adaptation to the world's model factory concept, targets 100  
   companies per year.

- The programme INMAA will have a major macroeconomic effect estimated at
   almost 1.5% of Morocco’s GDP.

    The Sovereign toured the new factory that includes three screening rooms, an office for experts, a mezzanine for observation and areas of machine, collection and logistics.

    The first adaptation to the world’s model factory concept for the following in the field the business transformation in enterprises, the project INMAA is meant to better position the Moroccan SMEs, at the rate of 100 companies per year, in terms of competitiveness and operational excellence.

    By targeting the industrial locomotive business, this programme will have a major macroeconomic effect estimated at nearly 1.5% of Morocco’s GDP in three to four years.

    It will also give further credibility to Morocco’s destination for foreign direct investment with the establishment of a model factory open to subcontractors.

    This project complements the system established in accordance with the Pact for Industrial Emergence’s goals in order to consolidate industrial structure, particularly the Moussanada and Imtiaz programmes as well as public-private funds that finance the SMEs, with over 800 million dirhams.

    It hopes to increase the beneficiary companies' productivity by 25% and obtain a substantial reduction of expenses in terms of costs (-20%) and manufacturing lead times (-50%).   

    INMAA initiative will be implemented following an innovative model factory whose goal is to disseminate the principles of operational experience among qualified officials appointed by the beneficiary firms.

    The INMAA experts ensure monitoring, within these companies, the implementation of the principles that the qualified officials have learnt in the model plant, according to efficient methodologies to resolve their chief operational problem.

    This leading initiative in Africa and the Middle East is the fruit of a public-private partnership.

  HM the King launches development works of industrial platform in Casablanca, worth over 740 mln dirhams
Nouaceur - HM King Mohammed VI launched, on Friday in Casablanca, development works of Nouaceur's integrated industrial platform MIDPARC, worth some 743 million dirhams.
 - The Sovereign briefed on Nouaceur’s aeronautical park, worth 30 million
  dirhams

- HM the King inaugurates Aeronautics Institute, carried out for a total cost
  of 113.5 million dirhams

    The platform, which is expected to generate 4 billion dirhams of industrial investment after its completion, is part of the National Pact for Emerging Industries.

    This project aims to develop an industrial platform of innovative design for aeronautics, electronics, composite materials, industrial logistics and other related activities.

    Nouaceur’s platform will promote the rapid setting up of competitive industrial companies in terms of quality and costs.

    To be spanned over a total area of 125 hectares, the new platform will be carried out in two phases. The first, to be competed in the fourth quarter of 2012, covers a gross area of approximately 63 hectares, while the second phase (62 hectares) will be initiated in the first quarter of 2015 and will end in the last quarter of 2016.

    Nouaceur’s platform will accommodate up to 300 companies and generate 15,000 direct jobs.

    On this occasion, HM the King was briefed on the aeronautical park, which will be built on an area of 15 hectares for a total cost of 30 million dirhams.

    The Sovereign also inaugurated the Aeronautics Institute (IMA), carried out for a total sum of 113.5 million dirhams.

    The Institute is meant to provide to the staff of the companies of aeronautical and space sector (operators, technicians…etc) pre and post hire training as well as improvement courses in order to meet the needs and requirements of companies.

    Carried out on a total area of 21,500 square meters, this new facility has a main building (1,450 square meters), workshops (2,320 square meters), an administration (475 square meters), a boarding school and a restaurant (1,690 square meters).