Restructuring events
European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Fonderie de Bretagne (FDB), a French manufacturer and subsidiary of Europlasma, will be liquidated, resulting in 245 job losses. The site will be closed on the 15th of October, following an administrative hearing.
The company had been acquired by Europlasma in April 2025 Fonderie de Bretagne 2025 - FR. The group, who is also in financial difficulty, did not honour post-acquisition commitments. All affected employees work at the Caudan foundry, which produced cast steel components for heavy industries. State authorities had sought industrial repreneurs, but no offer was made.
Fonderie de Bretagne has a total workforce of 245 employees.
A prior restructuring at the company was recorded in the ERM database in 2025: Fonderie de Bretagne 2025 - FR.
Eurofound (2026), Fonderie de Bretagne, Bankruptcy in France, factsheet number 301291, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/301291.
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