Abattoirs Industriels de la Manche

Type
Merger/Acquisition
Country
France
Region
Normandie; Basse-Normandie ; Manche
Location of affected unit(s)
Sainte-Cécile (Manche), Antrain (Ille-et-Vilaine)
Sector
Manufacturing
(10 - 11) Manufacture of food and beverage
10.1 - Processing and preserving of meat and production of meat products
10.1 - Processing and preserving of meat and production of meat products
314 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
19 February 2015
Employment effect (start)
15 April 2015
Foreseen end date
15 July 2015

Description

The commercial court of Coutance approved the two take-over offers for Abattoirs industriels de la Manche (AIM), a pork slaughterhouse, with the consequent loss of 314 jobs losses of a total of 590. The main site, the slaughterhouse of Sainte-Cécile (Manche) will be taken over by a company where the employees have a majority shareholding. Regional and local authorities have also shares and the new company will receive a financial support of the State of about 2.5 million euro through the Banque publique d’investissement. The new company will keep 206 positions of a total of 357. A secondary site, a bovine slaughterhouse, in Antrain (Ille-et-Vilaine) is take over by a company, Chapin-Monfort, that will retain 70 of 179 jobs.

Sources

  • 19 February 2015: Normandie Actu
  • 23 February 2015: Les Echos
  • 8 March 2015: Les Echos
  • 31 March 2015: Le Monde

Citation

Eurofound (2015), Abattoirs Industriels de la Manche, Merger/Acquisition in France, factsheet number 78472, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/78472.