# Hexcel opens expanded engineered core plant in Casablanca

Hexcel Corporation inaugurated a completed expansion at its engineered core operations plant in Casablanca, Morocco, doubling the plant size to 24,000 square meters, with employment expected to increase from 145 to about 400 by 2026.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2023-05-10
- Where: Casablanca, Midparc Free Trade Zone, Morocco
- Value: $30.0M
- Jobs: 255
- Starts operating: 10 May 2023
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 24,000 square meters
- Products: lightweight honeycomb materials, engineered core parts for aerospace
- Sectors: [Aerospace Components](https://endata.com/sectors/aerospace-components.md)

## Companies

- [Hexcel](https://endata.com/companies/15803.md)

## Sources

- [hexcel.com](https://www.hexcel.com/hexcel-marks-grand-opening-of-newly-expanded-engineered-core-operations-plant-in-morocco/), 2023-05-10: "Hexcel celebrates its 75th anniversary this year."
- [moroccoworldnews.com](https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2023/05/33664/aeronautic-manufacturer-hexcel-inaugurates-new-plant-extension-in-morocco/), 2023-05-11: "Hexcel Corporation, an American advanced composite materials manufacturer, announced the inauguration of an expansion to its engineered core operations plant in Morocco, located in the Casablanca’s Midparc Free Trade Zone."

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