Saint-Gobain PAM

Type
Reshoring
Country
France
Reshoring from
Germany
Reshored business function
Production
Region
Grand Est; Lorraine; Meurthe-et-Moselle
Location of affected unit(s)
Pont-à-Mousson
Sector
Manufacturing
(24 - 25) Manufacture of metals
24.2 - Manufacture of tubes, pipes, hollow profiles and related fittings, of steel
24.2 - Manufacture of tubes, pipes, hollow profiles and related fittings, of steel
No information on job gains number available
Announcement Date
15 November 2018
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2019
Foreseen end date
1 December 2019

Description

Saint-Gobain PAM is a France-based company that produces ductile iron pipes. In 2019, the company decided to reorganize its European production activities; in so doing, it will relocate at the home country some product lines actually manufactured in a German plant. The main reasons supporting the relocation decision are the cost-efficiency and the customers demand decline. While the relocation will create staff surplus in Germany (around 170 employees), there is no news about creation of new job positions in the French plant.

Sources

Citation

Eurofound (2018), Saint-Gobain PAM, Reshoring in France, factsheet number 2, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/2.