Soc des Ateliers Louis Vuitton

Type
Business expansion
Country
France
Region
Pays de la Loire; Pays de la Loire; Maine-et-Loire
Location of affected unit(s)
Beaulieu-sur-Layon
Sector
Manufacturing
(13 - 15) Manufacture of textiles, apparel and leather
15.1 - Tanning, dyeing, dressing of leather and fur; manufacture of luggage, handbags, saddlery and harness
15.12 - Manufacture of luggage, handbags, saddlery and harness of any material
250 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
27 March 2018
Employment effect (start)
15 December 2018
Foreseen end date
31 December 2019

Description

The world's number one luxury group LVMH has as announced the opening of its 16th leather goods workshop in Beaulieu-sur-Layon (Maine-et-Loire) that will lead to recruit about 250 employees. The workshop will be created at the begining of 2019, but recruitments will start earlier. The group Louis Vuitton has already announced, in February 2018, the recruitment of 200 employees at its site in La Merlatière (Vendée). The Louis Vuitton brand employed 4,500 people in 2017 worldwide, including 3,500 in its French workshops.

Sources

  • 27 March 2018: Challenges
  • 27 March 2018: Ouest-France

Citation

Eurofound (2018), Soc des Ateliers Louis Vuitton, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 93692, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/93692.