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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.10 - Manufacture of motor vehicles
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
5 March 2021
Employment effect (start)
1 April 2021
Foreseen end date
1 January 2023
Description
Ligier, the manufacturer of minicars that can be driven without a driving licence, born from the merger of two major players in the sector, Ligier and Microcar, is expected to recruit 100 employees by 2023. The announcement was made by the Minister of Economy, Bruno Le Maire, during a visit to the company in Abrest, near Vichy (Allier). These job creations are the consequences of additional investments allowed by the economic recovery plan adopted by the government.
Ligier has more than 400 employees spread over two production sites in France, in Abrest (Allier) and Boufféré (Vendée). The group was recently bought by the investment fund Edify.
Eurofound (2021), Ligier, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 103738, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/103738.
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