Type
Business expansion
Country
France
Region
Ouest; Bretagne; Côtes-d\'Armor
Location of affected unit(s)
Saint-Alban
Sector
Agriculture
Agriculture, Forestry And Fishing
Fishing And Aquaculture
03.21 - Marine aquaculture

100 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
9 August 2018
Employment effect (start)
27 August 2018
Foreseen end date
31 December 2019

Description

The shipowner Armement Porcher has announced to recruit 100 positions at its site of Saint-Alban (Côte d'Armor) and to merge with the local agrofood company Le Graët (800 employees). Armement Porcher has 250 employees and reached a turnover of €7.6 million in 2017. Le Gräet reached a turnover of €200 million in 2017. The two companies decided to merge because of their complementarity and the willingness to keep both companies in the Britanny region.


Sources

Citation

Eurofound (2018), Armement Porcher, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 94784, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/94784.