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Manufacturing (13 - 15) Manufacture of textiles, apparel and leather 13.1 - Preparation and spinning of textile fibres 13.1 - Preparation and spinning of textile fibres
120 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
31 August 2004
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
La Filature de Lavelanet, thread producer situated in Lavelanet (Ariège), is closing down, dismissing its 120 employees. Competition from Asia is the cause of the bankruptcy.
Sources
31 August 2004: Les Echos
Citation
Eurofound (2004), Filature, Bankruptcy in France, factsheet number 60613, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/60613.