Tunisia, a performing aerospace supply chain - Invest in Tunisia ...

A good entrepreneurial
environment
In Tunisia, the aerospace sector is a real investment opportunity to be seized by companies looking for better performance.
They will enjoy a good business environment thanks to:
a highly innovating Tunisian industrial sector with strong expertise and supported by about 1,000 companies
operating in the sectors of mechanics, electricity and electronics,
industrial quality modernization and upgrading program which allowed the certification of more than half of companies
operating in the aerospace industry, a rate well above the certification average, made possible thanks to the programs
funded by the State.
Fast growing dedicated
infrastructures
The airport, port, road and telecommunication infrastructure in Tunisia is considered among the most modern in the southern
shore of the Mediterranean and in Africa.
Tunisia also has about a hundred industrial zones and 10 competitiveness poles including that of Sousse (centre of Tunisia),
specializing in mechanical and electronic industries as well as the Aeropole in El Mghira, an area dedicated exclusively to the
aerospace industry.
The Aeropole in El Mghira is an integrated industrial platform, located in the southern suburbs of Tunis, which covers an area
of over 200 hectares including 20 hectares dedicated to the Aerospace Park AEROLIA, a subsidiary of the European aerospace
group EADS, which has chosen Tunisia to establish fourth site specializing in the construction of aircraft components and its
first outside Europe after those of Meaulte, Saint Nazaire and Toulouse.
Statement
“Among the parameters that have encouraged us to setup our operations in Tunisia, There are
of course competitiveness, proximity to our European markets, reliability, quality of infrastructure
and facilities in Tunisia and then also the willingness of the Tunisian State to develop a high-tech
industry particularly focused on aerospace industry.”
Christian FORGER,
Director, HUTCHINSON