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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Basic Metal And Fabricated Metal Products Manufacture Of Basic Metals 24.1 - Manufacture of basic iron and steel and of ferro-alloys
410 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
28 July 2008
Employment effect (start)
1 August 2008
Foreseen end date
31 August 2011
Description
Spanish steel group Celsa has announced that the group signed a draft agreement with an investment of 655 millions euro for the construction of a laminate plant in France over the next three years. As a start, around 410 jobs are planned to be created between August 2008 and August 2011. The plant will be located in the port and industrial area of Bayonne-Tarnos, on the French atlantic coast, and will have both cold and hot lamination units.
Sources
28 July 2008: AFP
29 July 2008: Les Echos
25 August 2008: La Croix
Citation
Eurofound (2008), Celsa, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 66983, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/66983.
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