A question of sovereignty
The proximity of the future plant also ensures the supply of Safran Aero Boosters, which manufactures aircraft engine parts in Herstal. “It’s a matter of sovereignty. We need to be able to rely on ourselves for critical supplies and no longer be completely dependent on countries around the world. Today the fins are made in China, Israel, Canada and France. We must be able to regain that control in our countries and in Belgium in particular.”
Master the supply
To build its 3,000 compressors, Safran Aero Boosters needs one million 500,000 fins produced in these 4 countries per year. Eventually, Marchin’s modern forge was to produce 400,000 a year. “In the event of war, crises, border closures, taxation of certain materials, the fact that we control at least one of the connections on one of the main parts, the fins of our compressors, will likely give us power back to our production line.”
Conversion of the Liège industrial basin
The brand new Safran Blades facility in Marchin will employ around a hundred people. She will occupy the old Halls HP3, HP4 and 601 and the adjacent property on the ArcelorMittal site. The nearby HP5 building is still occupied by ArcellorMittal, a galvanizing line that still employs around thirty people.
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