The Masterflex Group is to open a new plant in the MIDPARC free trade zone near Casablanca in Morocco.
With an investment of almost three million euros over the next five years, the company plans to build a production facility and offices on an area of around 4,000 square meters as a first step and to create at least 65 jobs in the coming years.
The Masterflex Group, headquartered in Gelsenkirchen, specializes in hoses and hose systems. Under the Matzen & Timm brand, the Norderstedt (Germany) and Plana (Czech Republic) sites manufacture special hoses, bellows and molded parts from high-quality synthetic rubber materials for aviation customers from all over the world.
“The global aviation industry is currently experiencing an extraordinary increase in demand for air travel and is reaching record highs both nationally and internationally,” says CEO Dr. Andreas Bastin. The demand for aviation technology therefore knows almost no bounds. In order to meet this demand - also from Masterflex customers - and to remain competitive in the future, the Masterflex Group decided some time ago to press ahead with the expansion of further capacities. This was no longer possible or economically viable at either of the two aviation locations. Morocco has become an attractive location for aviation companies due to its investment-friendly climate and its advantageous location close to Europe.
“The good training, the high quality of the work, the strict adherence to processes and quality standards, but also the geographical proximity and the overall costs - these are all factors that convinced us to choose Morocco as another production location after extensive international research,” says Bastin.
Morocco is an up-and-coming country, particularly in the automotive and aerospace sectors. A major investment program has been launched from which the Masterflex Group will also benefit.
The new subsidiary will be based in Casablanca and will be part of Matzen & Timm, the specialist for aerospace applications.
“Like all our locations, the new company will be certified accordingly, and the release of products specifically for the aerospace sector will continue to take place in close cooperation with our customers,” says Peter Bremer, Managing Director of Matzen & Timm.
If everything continues to go according to plan, customers will be able to be supplied with molded parts, bellows and hoses “designed in Germany, made in Morocco” from 2026.
