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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Other Transport Equipment 30.12 - Building Of Pleasure And Sporting Boats
8 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
18 February 2016
Employment effect (start)
1 February 2016
Foreseen end date
1 January 2017
Description
Zodiac Nautic has announced plans to relocate its inflatable and rigid inflatable boat production and the majority of their additional activities from China to France and Tunisia. The company began to move production to Ayguesvives (France) in early February 2016, and a second wave of relocation will take place in September 2016, with the production of Bombard brand floats to be shared between France and Tunisia. Minor activities, such as a subcontracting center, will remain in China in order to provide supply to resellers in Australia and Asia. The return of this additional production to the Ayguesvives plant will create 4/8 new jobs in September 2016. Pascal Andriot claims that customers are dissatisfied with the quality of products made in China. The relocation also aims to reduce time to market by approximately four months in comparison with products made in China.
Eurofound (2016), Zodiac Nautic, Reshoring in France, factsheet number 248, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/248.
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