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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Rubber And Plastic Products And Other Non-Metallic Mineral Products Manufacture Of Rubber And Plastic Products 22 - Manufacture of rubber and plastic products
150 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
27 November 2006
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2007
Foreseen end date
30 November 2009
Description
The manufacturer of doors and windows FMPB announced on 27 November 2006 that it is going to recruit 150 people between January 2007 and November 2009. The company, located in Beignon (Morbihan) and established in 1993, currently employs 220 people.
FMPB is hoping to reach 65 million euro sales turnover in the next three years and has approved an investment of 10 million euro to widen the lines of goods with aluminium windows and PVC frames. The company is going to increase its premises by 10,000 square meters in the next months.
Sources
9 November 2006: Usine Nouvelle
27 November 2006: Les Echos
Citation
Eurofound (2006), FMPB, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 64512, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/64512.
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