The automotive equipment manufacturer Saint-Jean Industries has until December 21st to file his offer of recovery of the last manufacturer of aluminum rims of France.
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From cold cuts, cigarettes and tight coffee are lined up on a camping table drawn up between two white vans. This Thursday, December 9, those who debauched and join the car park stop there. “We celebrate Christmas before the time, because tomorrow, no one will be there, we will start a new period of partial unemployment,” says one of the 287 workers (the persons mentioned whose name does not appear wanted to keep Anonymity) of the only aluminum rims plant in France, located in Diors (Indre), on the site of an old American military base, in the heart of Champagne Berrichonne.
Since April, Alvance Wheels – Ex-Liberty Wheels, former F2R, and ex-Montupet – is again in judicial recovery. The event occurs after bankruptcy in March, the British Bank Greensill, a partner of the Sanjeev Group Gupta, GFG Alliance, to which Alvance Wheels belongs.
Two letters of intent of potential buyers had been sent to the Paris Commercial Court, in June: “But the project was not funded, the buyer was exterior in the automobile environment. In short, everything to break The mouth. We were more afraid for them than for us, “remembers a veteran of the foundry. Then a more credible candidate, supported by Bercy, manifested himself: the French equipment manufacturer Saint-Jean Industries, the 1,900 employees and eight production sites spread around the world.
“At one time, Saint John has had in his giron the foundry of Poitou cast iron [closed this summer], which originally belonged to Renault. Both have always worked together since! It’s rather Good sign “, Assures Christophe Bouvet, CFDT delegate of the company and machining operator for twenty-one years.
In case of recovery by Saint John, the historic manufacturer promises to be at the rendezvous: “Renault undertakes to consult the new company (…), allowing it to access a volume of production that could Reaching 500,000 annual wheels for the benefit of Renault, “said a statement dating from November 23rd. Which indicated, further away, to sustain the proposed recovery of another subcontractor, the Aveyron metallurgy society of Decazeville, in Viviez (Aveyron), who has since been liquidated …
“This effort must a lot to the dignity of employees”
On November 19, the Center Region committed to unlock 5 million euros to support the recovery of Alvance Wheels: 3 million in the form of a loan, 2 million directly injected into cash. The Châteauroux Métropole agglomeration will abound 150,000 euros. “This effort must a lot to the dignity of employees,” said Gil Aveus, his president, and otherwise Mayor LR de Châteauroux. “In recent months, all elected officials, representatives of public authorities have been able to make visits on site and speak freely. There has been no tension and even no threat to damage the tool. is not the mentality of the people of our home. Potential buyers understand that employees were not enemies or opponents, on the contrary. “
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