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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Material For Textiles, Apparel, Leather And Related Products Manufacture Of Leather And Related Products 15.12 - Manufacture of luggage, handbags and the like, saddlery and harness
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
22 March 2018
Employment effect (start)
1 June 2018
Foreseen end date
1 June 2020
Description
The Belgian luxury leather goods manufacturer, Delvaux, has announded that it will invest in a new production site at Avoudrey (Doubs). An investment estimated at about €10 million. The site will be able to employ up to 200 people by 2020. This will allow Delvaux to double its workforce dedicated to manufacturing. The site is expected to open in 2018. A hundred employees of the leather goods manufacturer SIS Avoudrey are currently trained to join the workshop that is building Delvaux. To complete the workforce, a hundred of employees will be recruited by 2020 to reach a worforce of 200 people.
Eurofound (2018), Delvaux, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 94735, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/94735.
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