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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Basic Metal And Fabricated Metal Products Manufacture Of Basic Metals 24.52 - Casting of steel
140 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
18 April 2018
Employment effect (start)
30 April 2018
Foreseen end date
31 December 2020
Description
The Laminoir des Landes, a new rolling mill set up by the Spanish group Añon (60% of the investment) and the Swiss group Sipro Stahl Holdingis (40%), has annonced the recruitment of 40 employees before the end of April and of further 100 in the future. The new plant is preparing to launch the first production tests and the production starts at the end of April. The plant will produce steel sheets. The production is intended for the Spanish, French and also Northern European markets (Scandinavia and Great Britain). The Laminoirs des Landes plans to produce 100,000 tons of sheet metal in 2018 and to reach 500,000 tons in the coming years.
Sources
18 April 2018: France Bleu
Citation
Eurofound (2018), Laminoirs des Landes, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 93826, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/93826.
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