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The Minister of Industry and Trade, Ryad Mezzour proceeded, on Wednesday to the Bensouda industrial zone in Fez, to the inauguration of a new line of production of smart electric meters at the level of the company ZINCO, a subsidiary of the Zinelec group.
With an investment of 12 million DHS (MDH) allowing the creation of 71 additional jobs, the implementation of the new production line of intelligent electric meters allows the company to evolve towards the manufacture of a high -tech product.
This technology allows consumption measurement, remote management and integration into intelligent electrical networks, thus meeting the growing needs for the modernization of national energy infrastructure and the challenges of energy transition and optimized and sustainable energy management.
Speaking on this occasion, Mr. Mezzour indicated that this industrial project “marks a significant advance for our national industry, in particular in the field of intelligent technologies, and embodies a real revolution in energy management”.
The project is fully registered, the Minister said, in the national energy strategy, carried by the enlightened vision of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, who places sustainability and energy efficiency at the heart of the economic and social development of Morocco.
In a statement to the press, Mr. Mezzour clarified that this project, the first of its kind in Morocco, is part of the implementation of the vision of SM the king to strengthen national industrial sovereignty and is part of the project bank for the substitution of imports.
The director general of the company ZINCO, Anouar Zine Filali indicated that this inauguration marks “a key step for the company and, more broadly, for national industry”, emphasizing the importance of support provided by the Ministry of Industry and Interest in industrial sovereignty and the development of efficient local solutions.
“Today, we take a new step with the inauguration of this manufacturing unit, which is part of an ambitious vision to strengthen our industrial fabric and meet the challenges of the sector,” he said.
This ambition, pointed out Mr. Filali, “is in line with the enlightened vision of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, in favor of industrial development, the creation of jobs and the economic sovereignty of our country”.
Kevin Gaofeng, vice-president of the African Hexing-Region group, the largest Chinese supplier of electric counters, Zinco partner, stressed that the inauguration of this unit marks a significant step in collaboration between the two Moroccan and Chinese companies and testifies to the relevance of cooperation and innovation.
The inauguration of this factory in Fez is “perfectly in our skills and technology transfer strategy,” he said, adding that his group is deeply committed to supporting vision to a modern, efficient and lasting industrial landscape for Morocco.
He praised Morocco’s commitment to the creation of a regulatory and institutional environment conducive to innovation and growth favorable to the emergence of similar projects with a lasting impact on resilient infrastructure and socio-economic development.
The company ZINCO specializes in the manufacture of water, electricity and reinforced concrete posts for power lines as well as in the marketing of public lighting solutions.
Since 2011, the company has evolved from the commercial representation of international brands of electric meters and water towards local industrial integration.
Thanks to integrated communication technology, these intelligent meters allow households to follow their consumption in real time and better control it, energy suppliers to manage networks in a more efficient manner and the entire electrical system to adapt to the increasing integration of renewable energies.
In addition to the technological advance carried out by the company ZINCO, this factory represents, according to its promoters, a major economic opportunity for the region of Fès-Meknès and for its young people.
According to the same source, it contributes to the strengthening of industrial sovereignty of the Kingdom, the capacities of the new line that could wait 900,000 counters/year, thanks to the development that the national and African electrical infrastructure sector experiences.
The inauguration of this new unit took place in the presence in particular of the wali of the Fès-Meknès region, governor of the prefecture of Fez, Mouad Jamai, the president of the region, Abdelouahed el Ansari and representatives of organizations of regional and local professionals.
