No buyer manifested himself for the redemption of the automotive subcontractor of the Vienna. His employees will demonstrate Wednesday, January 12th in front of Bercy with their comrades Aveyronnais de la Sam. More than 1,000 employees have been dismissed in less than a year in French foundries.
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His employees learned the bad news after an Extraordinary CAS Tuesday, January 11, in the morning: At the end of the time limit, no buyer was manifested to resume their factory, the Alvance Aluminum foundry of Poitou, Ingrandes-sur-Vienna (Vienna). “The Chinese founder Huanxang gave up on Monday. He does not want a factory that is not yet diverse” explains Jean-Philippe June, CGT delegate and the interior spokesperson.
The judicial liquidation of the automotive subcontractor, which manufactures aluminum cylinder heads for a single client, Renault, could be pronounced by the Commercial Court in three weeks unless there is a new stay – the deadline To find a buyer had already been postponed from October 20th to January 10th.
In less than a year, four French automotive foundries have already closed: FVM in Villiers-la-Montagne (Meurthe-et-Moselle), MBF Aluminum in Saint-Claude (Jura), the foundry of Poitou Fonte, and At the end of November 2021 The Aveyron metallurgy company (SAM) of Viviez (Aveyron). Either more than 1,000 licensed employees since the spring while a study of the ROLAND BERGER cabinet, in 2020, had highlighted the risk of seeing more than 5,000 jobs within ten years in the sector, (40% of positions ) If the acceleration of switching to the electric motor requires diversifying to survive in the medium term, it is first, in the short term, the relocation of their production in Spain or Turkey, which often affects French automotive foundries.
“It’s an aberration to close us”
But the Poitou Alu foundry still produces a cylinder head for Renault. “They need us until 2025” says Jean-Philippe June. From here to the decision of the Commercial Court, the 320 employees of the foundry (285 permanent) therefore intend to play a last card. “According to the ROLAND BERGER consultants, who studied our site, our foundry has the ability to turn around. But we have to give us the time to transit towards the production of parts for hybrid and electric cars, explains the union delegate. Also We ask the government to take us under guardianship two or three years, until we diverse. It is an aberration to close, as it is an aberration to close the Sam, while we have everything To succeed and that tomorrow the pieces for the electric will no longer find where to be manufactured in France! “
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