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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Rubber And Plastic Products And Other Non-Metallic Mineral Products Manufacture Of Other Non-Metallic Mineral Products 23.41 - Manufacture of ceramic household and ornamental articles
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
30 September 2011
Employment effect (start)
1 October 2011
Foreseen end date
31 January 2014
Description
The manufacturer of cast iron cookware, Le Creuset will recruit 200 employees by 2014, after the expansion and renovation of its plant in Fresnoy-le-Grand (Aisne). The workforce will then comprise 800 employees.
Currently, le Creuset is building a new plant on its historic location. It will open in the first semester of 2012. Le Creuset faced serious financial difficulties in the 1980s and was acquired in 1988 by Paul van Zuydam, a British industrialist of South African origin, who is still the sole shareholder of the company. Since then the company is pursuing strong international expansion.
Eurofound (2011), Le Creuset, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 72553, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/72553.
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