Andalusian aeronautical companies participated in Aerospace Meeting Casablanca
Andalucía TRADE has organized the participation of nine firms from Seville and Cadiz in the aeronautical and defense sector in the seventh edition of the fair Aerospace Meeting Casablanca, which was held from 3 to 5 October at the OFEC exhibition center in Casablanca (Morocco). This event, which is considered the main one in the sector in North Africa, has received 650 professionals from 250 companies from 20 countries.
Andalusia’s participation in this event is part of the collaboration agreement signed by Andalucía TRADE with Andalucía Aerospace in 2023 to give even greater impetus to the international activity of the Andalusian aerospace industry. One of the major milestones for the sector this year has been the participation of Andalusia in the 54th Paris Air Show Le Bourget (June), forum in which the seventh edition of Aerospace & Defense Meeting-ADM Seville 2024 was presented, a reference point of the world circuit of the sector to be held from 14 to 16 May.
In addition, this sector is strategic for the Andalusian Government, which has designed the ‘Aerospace Strategy of Andalusia 2021-2027’, a program that responds to the need to support a highly complex industry that is at the forefront of technology and has maximum capacity to attract foreign investment projects.
Within this background, the Andalusian aeronautical industry maintains its potential as a leading sector in the community, in addition to international sales figures, in the first seven months of 2023, of more than 900 million euros, which places Andalusia as the second most exporting community in Spain, with 23.4% of the total, only overtaken by the Community of Madrid. The region also enjoys a trade surplus of 386 million euros.
Likewise, thanks to the organization of Andalucía TRADE, Andalusian firms have participated in the institutional exhibitor of the community in the event that has become an exceptional platform that brings together the best professionals in the aeronautical, aerospace and defense sector, and constitutes the ideal forum to discuss and expand knowledge about this industry and its advances such as digitization.
It is a convention that also acts as a support for small and medium-sized companies to identify future business partners and to deepen already consolidated business relationships, since the exchange of business synergies is promoted through high-level meetings.
Andalusian companies
Andalusian firms have exhibited their know-how at Aerospace Meeting Casablanca, and have been able to establish B2B contacts while expanding their knowledge of the Moroccan aeronautical industry, a natural market for Andalusia given its geographical proximity. The proximity of the main hubs and assembly lines of Airbus and Boeing, and a close association with the latter operator, generate multiple opportunities for suppliers and exporters in the sector.
Of the Andalusian companies that have participated in the Moroccan fair, five of them come from Cadiz (Aerointer, Aerotecnic, the Aeronautical Business Council of Cadiz, Fid Aeronautics and Titania) and the rest from Seville (ITE-Integración Tecnológica Empresarial), Maquinser, Mesima Seville and Curtis-Wright). The organization of this action by Andalucía TRADE will be co-financed with funds from the European Union through the P.O. FEDER of Andalusia 2014-2020, endowed with a Community contribution of 80%, or any other European Program susceptible to co-finance this action.
