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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.1 - Manufacture of motor vehicles
390 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
7 November 2006
Employment effect (start)
1 December 2006
Foreseen end date
31 December 2007
Description
Renault Trucks, the manufacturer of trucks, announced on 7 October 2006 that its factory in Bourg en Bresse (Ain) will create 390 new jobs between December 2006 and December 2007.
This increase in employment responds to the activity growth foreseen by the group.
The factory in Bourg en Bresse employs 1,350 people and experienced an increase in its sales turnover of 9% over the first months of 2006.
Sources
8 November 2006: Usine Nouvelle
9 November 2006: Les Echos
Citation
Eurofound (2006), Renault Trucks, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 64399, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/64399.
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