a mission plans to rent 150 workers, out of the practically 350 on the Orléans manufacturing unit | EUROtoday

Businessman Stephan Français, boss of Thomson Computing, introduced Wednesday December 24 in Orléans, throughout a press convention, a mission to take over the Orléans website of the Brandt family home equipment group, in liquidation.

It plans to proceed a part of the manufacturing of family home equipment and so as to add that of digital merchandise, with the hiring of 150 workers initially, out of the practically 350 within the manufacturing unit, Brandt’s foremost industrial website.

“Today we have a solution for recovery, restart, renewal, (…) her name is Stephan French »declared the mayor of Orléans, Serge Grouard, describing the project as ” serious “even if it presents a “share of risk”throughout a joint press briefing at Orléans city corridor. “We have to move very quickly to restart the machine, restart production, keep a core of employees and keep as many customers as possible”hammered the chosen one.

Call for tenders launched in January

On December 11, the Nanterre Economic Activities Court declared the judicial liquidation of the century-old Brandt family equipment group, which employed some 700 folks, significantly close to Orléans, the place the group’s foremost industrial website is situated. The courts rejected a cooperative and participatory firm mission (SCOP), supported by the Revive Group, which was supposed to avoid wasting at the least 370 jobs.

A name for tenders for the takeover of the manufacturing unit should be launched in January, Bercy stated. “Any avenue for recovery deserves to be examined carefully, but none can be taken for granted without in-depth analytical work”reacted to Agence France-Presser the Minister Delegate answerable for trade, Sébastien Martin. Mr. Martin introduced in mid-December that an industrial mission remained doable for Brandt, not essentially within the family home equipment sector.

Attentive to the “cost control”Mr. French specified that his mission would start with “150 employees” from subsequent 12 months. “Afterwards, gradually, if the results are there, we will hire”he stated, referring to “up to 250 employees over a five-year plan”.