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Manufacturing (13 - 15) Manufacture of textiles, apparel and leather 15.1 - Tanning, dyeing, dressing of leather and fur; manufacture of luggage, handbags, saddlery and harness 15.12 - Manufacture of luggage, handbags, saddlery and harness of any material
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
27 June 2023
Employment effect (start)
1 August 2023
Foreseen end date
31 December 2024
Description
The French leather goods manufacturer Jean Rousseau has announced the opening of a new workshop near Troyes and the creation of 200 jobs at the site.
Recruitment procedures are to begin in the summer of 2023, and will continue throughout the rest of the year and 2024. Training in the company's production methods will begin in October 2023. According to the Mayor of Troyes, the company was attracted by the traditional skills of local workers in working with soft materials similar to leather goods. This is the third production unit for the company, which also has plants in Pelousey, France, and Györ, Hungary.
Eurofound (2023), Manufacture Jean Rousseau, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 109294, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/109294.