Type
Business expansion
Country
France
Region
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté; Bourgogne; Saône-et-Loire
Location of affected unit(s)
Blanzy
Sector
Manufacturing
(22 - 23) Manufacture of rubber, plastic and non-metallic minerals
22.1 - Manufacture of rubber products
22.11 - Manufacture, retreading and rebuilding of rubber tyres and manufacture of tubes

210 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
13 March 2017
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2017
Foreseen end date
31 December 2018

Description

French tyre manufacturer Michelin has announced the creation of 210 jobs in its plant in Blanzy (Saône-et-Loire) in the next two years. About 130 workers will be recruited in 2017 and 80 in 2018. In 2015, the group has invested €58 million and created 128 positions in Blanzy. 

The company has expanded several times within France over the previous few years, in 2010, 2011, 2013, inMay 2016 in its site of La Roche-sur-Yon (Vendée) and in December 2016 in its site of Cholet (Maine-et-Loire). But the group also had job cuts occurrences in 2009 and 2013. Michelin has recently announced a plan to restructure one of its sites in Clermont-Ferrand, with a site closure by the end 2017 and a reorganisation of its engineering department by 2018.


Sources

  • 13 March 2017: Montceaux News

Citation

Eurofound (2017), Michelin, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 90663, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/90663.