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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.1 - Manufacture of motor vehicles
400 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
6 January 2012
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2012
Foreseen end date
31 December 2012
Description
The management of the French car manufacturer Renault has announced to recruit between 400 and 500 employees in 2012. The plant in Cléon (Haute-Normandie) will make face to the success of the new motor R9M and is expected to establish 2x8 shift, plus a night shift. The production will increase from 150,000 motors in 2011 to nearly 300,000 R9M motors in 2013.
The new motors are reported to reduce fuel consumption and pollution.
Sources
6 January 2012: L'usine Nouvelle
Citation
Eurofound (2012), Renault, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 72938, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/72938.
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