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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Other Transport Equipment 30.12 - Building of pleasure and sporting boats
150 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
22 December 2017
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2018
Foreseen end date
31 December 2018
Description
The catamaran builder Fountaine Pajot has announced the recruitment of between 120 to 150 employees in 2018. The group achieved a turnover up of 12% in 2016/2017 while its net profit rose by 4.5%. In three years, its turnover increased by nearly 60%, from € 49.6 million in 2013/2014 to nearly € 80 million this year. To support the expected growth, the manufacturer confirms its recruitment and training plan for 120 to 150 new employees. Recruitment figures are similar to that of its competitor CNB-Lagoon.
Sources
22 December 2017: La Tribune Bordeaux
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Fountaine Pajot, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 92877, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/92877.
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