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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Rubber And Plastic Products And Other Non-Metallic Mineral Products Manufacture Of Rubber And Plastic Products 22.2 - Manufacture Of Plastic Products
10 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
19 February 2022
Employment effect (start)
19 February 2022
Foreseen end date
Description
Mae Innovation is a French silicone mold specialist for the agri-food and cosmetic industries created in the 1994 with a workforce of twenty employees. In 2022, it relocated to La Ville-aux-Dames the production of bread baking supports from Turkey and other production activities from Montlouis, France. The company realized a new sustainable and energy-efficient 1,000 m2 facility and was supported by a 4.2 million euros from the national Industrial Investment Acceleration Fund. The company expected to create 5 to 10 highly skilled jobs following the relocation. The investment also included plans to digitize operations within the company. Thanks to this relocalization initiative, 95% of its production will be locally manufactured.
Eurofound (2022), Maé Innovation, Reshoring in France, factsheet number 272, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/272.
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