Morocco

Société Marocaine des Manufactures de Mohammedia, controlled by Mediterrania Capital Partners, has notified Morocco's Competition Council of a proposed takeover of Alma Pack and Le Carton. No deal value or completion timetable has been disclosed, and third-party comments are due by 28 September 2026.

Mediterrania Capital Partners signed a share purchase agreement to acquire 100% of SMMM, holding company of Amcor Flexibles Mohammedia, a flexible packaging maker in Mohammedia, Morocco, from Amcor Group.

GPC Papier et Carton, part of Ynna Holding, announced a MAD 500 million investment to modernize its Mohammedia plant, raising cardboard output from 90,000 to 160,000 tons per year by 2030 and adding over 100 jobs by 2027.

International Paper's Moroccan subsidiary CMCP International Paper is investing more than 100 million dirhams to expand its facility in Ait Melloul near Agadir to meet demand from the agriculture sector.

Morocco's Competition Council approved Amcor Plc's $8.4 billion acquisition of Berry Global Group at its session on 5 February 2025. The deal still awaits approval in the United States, Canada, China and Turkey.

The Weir Group has won a £25 million contract to supply Warman slurry pumps and separation solutions for the next phase of OCP Group's Louta and Benguerir phosphate projects in Morocco.

Morocco's OCP Group signed a £25 million (about $33 million) contract with Weir Group for slurry pumps and hydrocyclones at its Benguerir and Louta phosphate projects. Weir will also provide aftermarket service from its Moroccan service centre.

The Weir Group was awarded a £25 million contract to supply WARMAN slurry pumps and CAVEX hydrocyclones for the next phase of OCP Group's Benguerir and Louta phosphate projects in Morocco. The order will be recognised in the order book during Q3 2024.

The Weir Group won a £25m contract to supply separation solutions, including WARMAN slurry pumps and CAVEX hydrocyclones, for the next phase of OCP Group's Benguerir and Louta greenfield phosphate projects in Morocco. The order was announced in July 2024 and will be recognised in the order book in Q3 2024.

Varun Beverages signed an exclusive PepsiCo agreement to manufacture and package Cheetos in Morocco through its subsidiary Varun Beverages Morocco. It will invest Rs 100 crore in a dedicated plant, with commercial production expected from 1 May 2025.

ALPLA plans to expand its Tangier plant in Morocco by adding about 20,000 m² of operational space over the coming years.

ALPLA acquired a majority stake in Moroccan packaging producer Atlantic Packaging and formed the joint venture ALPLA Morocco with Diana Holding. The Tangier plant has tripled preform capacity to around 300 million units per year after new lines were added.

Grupo Erum and ITC Packaging signed an agreement to create ITCErum Packaging, a joint venture that will make household and food packaging at Erum's factory in Tangier, Morocco. The venture aims to expand internationally and develop sustainable packaging.

ITC Packaging and the Erum Group created a joint venture, ITCErum Packaging, to sell their packaging solutions in Morocco first and expand internationally. The venture combines ITC's thin-walled plastic packaging with Erum's regional distribution network.

Smurfit Kappa has inaugurated an integrated corrugated plant in Rabat, Morocco, its first operation in North Africa, with a 25,000 m2 facility costing over €35 million and supporting 400 direct and indirect jobs.

SKF is investing SEK 50 million in a new manufacturing site in Tangier, Morocco, to produce magnetic bearings for turbomachinery and high-speed applications. Operations are set to ramp up in the second quarter of 2023.

LAMACOM group inaugurated an extension of its Lamacom plant at Ain Sebaa, Casablanca, creating the Lamatech Packaging Solutions business unit for injection-moulded IML plastic packaging. The investment is 75.6 million MAD and is expected to create 105 jobs.

Mondi has started production at a €16 million greenfield paper bag plant in Tangier, Morocco, capable of 100 million bags per year, bringing its West Africa paper bag capacity above 500 million bags annually.

Morocco's Industry Minister inaugurated a new 5,000 sq m extension of Compagnie Industrielle des Fibres in Tangier, with seven machines and planned output rising from 12 to 45 tons of packaging materials per day by 2025.

Smurfit Kappa has started construction of its first corrugated packaging plant in Morocco, a 25,000 m2 facility in Rabat, with an investment of over €35 million and about 300 direct and indirect jobs. The first stone was laid on 25 May 2022.

International Paper announced a 100 million MAD (about 10 million EUR) investment in its Morocco facilities for 2022, including new equipment at its Tangier box plant to add about 55 million fruit and vegetable trays annually and enable large boxes for automotive customers.

Abengoa contracted Ingersoll Rand's engineering project solutions team to design a tailored compressed air system, including a customised enclosure, for the Agadir-Chtouka desalination plant in Morocco, due to enter service in March 2021.

TI Fluid Systems has commissioned a new plant in Tangier, Morocco for battery electric vehicle components, supplying finished hoses to Tauste, Spain for final assembly.

French metal packaging group Massilly opened its Moroccan plant in the Haliopolis industrial park in Drarga near Agadir on 16 February 2017. The plant makes sardine cans and industrial pails, with about 30 staff and a planned capacity of 300 to 400 million sardine cans within two to three years.

Gpt Leo Minor of Casablanca, Morocco, was awarded a French defence contract worth EUR 10.6 million for aeronautical mechanic jackets and trousers.