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Tunisian textile sector and mfcpole infrastructures
Neila GONGI - Novembre 2009
mfcpole
Content
1. A look at Tunisian Textile industry
2. Looking to the future: National industry strategy 2016
3. Monastir region: a hub of textile in Tunisia
4. mfcpole presentation
Overview
 mfcpole company
Situation
Components
5. mfcpole services
6. mfcpole progress state: national and international investment
1- A look at Tunisian textile and clothing industry
A pillar of Tunisian industry :
- This sector has evolved steadily over the past 40 years
- New orientation on vertical integration, shift to up-market
ready-to-wear clothing and produce small and medium size
series
The largest number of European companies on the southern part of the
Mediterranean
-1000 Tunisian companies work in partnership with EU companies
- Over the period 2005 – 2008: investment in textile sector grew by 27%
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1- A look at Tunisian textile and clothing industry
Export sector :
- 5th largest supplier to Europe and 2nd largest exporter of textile per capita in the world
- EU absorbs 96% of the sector’s exports
Development of material sourcing : a win-win partnership:
- Free trade agreement signed with the EU, the Agadir Agreement (Egypt, Jordan and
Morocco), and Turkey : preferential access to goods, free of customs duty.
Proven know-how:
- more than 30 schools, institutes and training centers covering all branches of the
textile/clothing sector.
1- A look at Tunisian textile and clothing industry
Incentives:
- For foreign investors: total freedom to invest and the possibility of holding 100% of
capital, repatriation of dividends and of proceeds from the sale of capital, the right to
foreign exchange for current transactions …
- For totally exporting companies: total exemption from duty and levies on imported
equipment, raw materials and semi finished goods, as well as total exemption from tax
on profits for the first 10 years of activity.
Geostrategic location and supportive infrastructure
- Less than an hour flight from Europe and more than 1300 flights a week to and from
Europe
- 7 international airports and 7 commercial ports.
Competitive production costs
2- Looking to the future: National industrial strategy 2016
The strategic orientations of the textile/clothing sector seek to reach both
qualitative and quantitative objectives, including:
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Main lines of industrial strategy 2016 in T&C sector
- Moving from subcontracting to co-manufacturing then production of finished
products by 300 companies by 2016, compared to just 70 companies now
2- Looking to the future: National industrial strategy 2016
Main lines of industrial strategy 2016 in T&C sector
Strengthening design and modeling .
Developing Technical Textile Fields ( Protection, Health, mobility, Aeko…)
 Developing finishing & Dyeing activities, targeting coverage of 40% of needs by
2016 (140 million meters), compared to 10% now (40 million meters)
2- Looking to the future: National industrial strategy 2016
Opting for clustering to enhance innovation by improving corporate chain of
value, infrastructure, research and skills
 support the moving to regional platforms, by strengthening infrastructure and
training.
The Set up of the
“Pôle de Compétitivité Monastir-El Fejja” (mfcpole)
is within this strategy
3- Monastir region: a hub of textile in Tunisia
•Strategic location : Monastir is 2 hours drive and less than an hour flight from Tunis
•Pleasant surroundings and Competitive industry in T&C :
 More than 1359 industrial enterprises (about 50% of T & C in Tunisia have
chosen the region of Monastir : Zannier, Benetton, Klopman, ...)
 Hub of expertise and qualified human resources in textile: 16 higher education
institutions with 24,000 students per year, 08 vocational training centers
Infrastructure propelling: international airport, a competitiveness pole devoted to
textiles/clothing , playing the role of motor for the textiles/clothing sector, ensuring that
innovation is a pillar of company-level strategies.
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4- mfcpole presentation
mfcpole company
The Competitiveness Pole in Tunisia:
« mfcpole is composed of a T&C technopole, economic activities parks and a network of
partners from research, training and production
 Company : mfcpole.
 Status : Private ( S. A).
 Shareholders: BIAT, STB, BNA, BT ( National Banks) .
 Missions :
 Planning, management and maintenance of the Competitiveness Pole.
 Promotion of the Pole and attraction of investments (one stop shop );
 Animation of a network of partners (from industry, research and training structures);
 Incubation and coaching new projects, technological and innovation awareness;
 Reinforcement of cooperation and partnership at national and international levels.
Infrastructure
Networking
Services
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Situation
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Components
Monastir
Textile
Technopole
50 ha
Industrial Park
50 ha
La Manouba (El Fejja)
Finishing
Area
50 ha
Industrial
Park
60 ha
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4- mfcpole presentation
Textile technopole and the Industrial Activities Parc of Monastir
Touristic zone
International airport
A favourable location
•Monastir region is a pool of textile industry and expertise
•5 mn to Monastir downtown,
•5 mn to the International Airport of Monastir.
•Close to a University and R&D pool in textile and 3
vocational training centers specialised in textile and clothing.
Textile technopole and the Industrial Activities Parc of Monastir
Fashion
space
Business center
Fashion
Institute
Specialty
Training,
R&D and
Innovation
3.5 ha
All industrial and services
activities of textile
-Incubator and workshop relay: incubate and
stimulate the creation of textile enterprises
-Technology Resource Center (pilotd of
testing, laboratories of analysis, technological
awareness and transfer)
-Fashion Institute
Enterprises
park
Training
and R&D
Enterprises
park
Park
dedicated
to
innovative
companies
25.5 ha
(for rent)
-Infrastructures complying with international
standards (video surveillance, fiber optics, gas,
collective purification station,…)
-Advantage of proximity to adapted infrastructure
(TRC, …)
Common
Spaces
21 ha
Business center, fashion space, sport and leisure
equipments and spaces, mfcpole administration
-Variable and modular plots and adapted
industrial buildings
Bordering to the
Technopole
multisector industrial activities and services Park ( 50 ha in a first
step and availability of land stock)
- Variable and modular plots (for sale) from 1.300 m2 to 22.000 m2
- Spaces for small businesses
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Industrial Activities Park of El Fejja (Grand Tunis)
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Industrial Activities Park of El Fejja (Grand Tunis)
-El Fejja : an emerging industrial city of
«Grand Tunis», on the Tunis-Béjà high way,
(25 mn to Tunis Airport and 35 mn to Tunis
Port)
-Having support provided by the Technopole
and high quality services (animation and
professional maintenance, video surveillance,
fiber optics, gaz…)
-Area dedicated to textile finishing and
dyeing activities
-Area dedicated to multisectoral industrial
activities, services and small businesses
(55ha in a first step)
Variable surface plots
Space for handcraft industries (variable plots)
Extension area
-Business Center, fairs, training center, multifunctional spaces, catering and leisure area,
high level infrastructure
-Collective purification station: a capacity
of 25000 m3/day
-Average water supply: 400 m3/jour.
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4- mfcpole presentation
Network of partners In’Tex
Network of partners involving actors from training (higher education and vocational
training), research and development, support institutions and manufacturing companies
operating in the field of textile and clothing
stimulate the creativity and the implementation of innovative projects and actions
mfcpole is leading many collaborative projects aiming at gathering enterprises to develop synergies
(partnership, new products in technical textile…):
-mfcpole is partner of Textech Med project www.textechmed.eu (european project)
-mfcpole is working with 4 enterprises to develop new product (technical textile)
-4 European collaborative projects under 7th Framework Program, European Instrument for
Neighborhood and Partnership…
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Partnership
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National partnership: mfcpole signed 20 partnership agreements

International partnership : in order to extend its network of partners and to pave the way for
international cooperation, mfcpole signed 10 cooperation agreements
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Technopark Chateaux Gombert (France).
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Marseille Innovation ( France)
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UP’TEX (France)
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TECHTERA (France)
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Sophia Antipolis (France)
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Environnement Park (Italy)
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Technopark of Prato (Italy)
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Technological Park of Andalousia (Spain)
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Scientific Park of Madrid (Spain).

Daedook Innopolis ( S. Korea)
mfcpole intends to extend its partnership network with other partners (from Germany, UK,
USA and sweeden …)
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5- mfcpole services

mfcpole facilities (maintenance, park management, building...).
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Implementation
services
:
specific
information
(investments
advantages...),
implementation coaching (business studies, financement facilities (adapted bank coaching,
leasing facilities,...), personnel recruitment, one stop shop for all the procedures)

Collective and collaborative services : promotion and marketing, national/
international matchmaking and networking, collaborative projects, business development
operations (export), technological awareness…

Individual/ business services: coaching of project holders, positioning studies, market
studies…
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mfcpole : intelligent industrial hub in the Mediterranean
The best conditions for a competitive production :
•Proximity and quality services,
•Benefit from advantages and facilities provided by the
technopole (R&D, innovation, training, technological
awareness…).
•High quality infrastructure complying with
international environmental standards and promoting
the use of new energies materials and Eco-building.
For further details
mfcpole
Adress : Immeuble Biat 2ème
étage, Grand Boulevard du
Lac I 1053 Tunis
Tél:+216.71.862.110
Fax: +216.71.862.110
[email protected]
www.mfcpole.com.tn
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