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Manufacturing (24 - 25) Manufacture of metals 24.5 - Casting of metals 24.5 - Casting of metals
86 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
17 May 2005
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
The French automotive parts manufacturer, Le Bélier, specialised in the casting of aluminium, planned on 17 May 2005 to suppress 86 jobs out of 544 at its Vérac's site in Gironde. The announcement didn't come as a surprise as the company in the last years developed most of its activities in foreign countries.
Sources
17 May 2005: Les Echos
Citation
Eurofound (2005), Le Bélier, Internal restructuring in France, factsheet number 61646, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/61646.