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Poiré-sur-Vie, Cholet, Bordeaux (France), other locations
Sector
Manufacturing (29 - 30) Manufacture for transport equipment 30 - Manufacture of other transport equipment 30 - Manufacture of other transport equipment
400 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
22 December 2010
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2011
Foreseen end date
31 August 2011
Description
Bénéteau has announced its intention to create 400 new jobs in 2011, much of the job creation will take place at its sites in France. The ship and yacht building company Bénéteau will add 400 employees to its French and foreign operations. Most of the new employees will be based in the factory of Poiré-sur-Vie (Vendée, 250 jobs), almost doubling the number of employees at the site.
In 2009, Bénéteau cut 600 jobs in response to the economic downtun, but world wide sales have picked up during 2010.
Sources
22 December 2010: Le Figaro
Citation
Eurofound (2010), bénéteau, Business expansion in World, factsheet number 71709, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/71709.