Vossloh-Futrifer JV Targets Grinding and Milling in Morocco

MOROCCO: Vossloh Services France and Futrifer have created a Casablanca joint venture to deliver rail maintenance covering welding, grinding, milling and switch work on national and urban networks.

Vossloh Futrifer Services Maroc became effective on 1 July 2026. The company is headquartered in Casablanca and is intended to work on Morocco’s national network managed by ONCF as well as the urban rail networks of Casablanca and Rabat.

Initial operations will use experienced teams from Vossloh Services France and Futrifer, which have worked together in France since 2024. The joint venture plans to recruit and train Moroccan employees from 2027.

Grinding and milling define the technical scope

The announced portfolio combines switches and crossings maintenance with manual and robot-assisted mobile rail welding, rail grinding, rail milling and general track work.

Vossloh’s wider maintenance portfolio shows how grinding and milling can serve different rail conditions, although the company has not named the machines that will be deployed in Morocco. Its High Speed Grinding technology is designed for preventive treatment of early surface defects and can operate at working speeds of up to 80 km/h.

For corrective work, Vossloh says its SF02 W-FS road-rail milling truck can machine more than 95% of switch and crossing areas, including the frog, wing rails and closed switch rails. These specifications describe Vossloh’s broader technical capability, not a confirmed equipment allocation to the Moroccan joint venture.

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First assignments have not been identified

Vossloh says the new company’s services will be offered on ONCF’s national network and the Casablanca and Rabat urban networks, but its announcement does not identify a first maintenance contract, route section, work volume or specific machine deployment.

That leaves the joint venture’s immediate operating footprint broader than a single disclosed project. What is confirmed is the service scope and the use of the partners’ existing experienced teams at the start.

The launch also sits alongside Morocco’s longer-term rail expansion. The supplied announcement cites the Morocco Rail Plan 2040, which envisages up to 1,300 km of high-speed lines. Vossloh also secured a 2024 order for fastening and switch systems for the planned Casablanca–Marrakesh high-speed line.