Airbus to launch a civil aviation park in Tunisia, creating 1700 jobs.
27 March 2012
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Airbus plans to create an integrated civil aviation park in Tunisia in the coming years, Airbus's Middle East regional president, Habib Fekih, announced Monday in Tunis following a meeting with Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali.
This project, part of the expansion of the Aerolia plant in Mghira (Ben Arous), which specializes in aeronautical components, aims to support Tunisia's efforts to address unemployment (around 800,000 unemployed), according to the official.
The plant expansion in the southern suburbs of Tunis will quadruple the workforce from 400 to 1700 employees and managers.
The meeting with the Prime Minister reviewed vocational training, infrastructure development, and logistics for the integrated park project.
In January, during a visit to Tunisia, Airbus's chief operating officer and chairman of the Aerolia SAS board, Fabrice Bregier, stated that "we will move to a second phase, the construction of an aeronautical subcontracting park in several areas (tooling, logistics, surface treatment...), and this requires government support regarding infrastructure and training..." The Aerolia unit in Tunisia produces 37 aeronautical components, 80% of which are for the Airbus 320 and exported to France for assembly at the company's headquarters in Toulouse.
Africanmanager.com
Published March 19, 2012.
Posted online March 27, 2012.
This project, part of the expansion of the Aerolia plant in Mghira (Ben Arous), which specializes in aeronautical components, aims to support Tunisia's efforts to address unemployment (around 800,000 unemployed), according to the official.
The plant expansion in the southern suburbs of Tunis will quadruple the workforce from 400 to 1700 employees and managers.
The meeting with the Prime Minister reviewed vocational training, infrastructure development, and logistics for the integrated park project.
In January, during a visit to Tunisia, Airbus's chief operating officer and chairman of the Aerolia SAS board, Fabrice Bregier, stated that "we will move to a second phase, the construction of an aeronautical subcontracting park in several areas (tooling, logistics, surface treatment...), and this requires government support regarding infrastructure and training..." The Aerolia unit in Tunisia produces 37 aeronautical components, 80% of which are for the Airbus 320 and exported to France for assembly at the company's headquarters in Toulouse.
Africanmanager.com
Published March 19, 2012.
Posted online March 27, 2012.
