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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Chemicals And Pharamceuticals Manufacture Of Chemicals And Chemical Products 20.4 - Manufacture of soap and detergents, cleaning and polishing preparations, perfumes and toilet preparations
500 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
5 October 2018
Employment effect (start)
5 October 2018
Foreseen end date
1 January 2020
Description
The organic consmetic manufacturer Léa Nature is building a new cosmetics factory and has announced the recruitment of 500 people by 2020. The company, which has celebrated its 25th anniversary by announcing that it has just recruited its thousandth employee. Léa Nature reached a turnover of €366 million in 2017 with a growth of 23%. The group will invest €100 million in its new factory.
Sources
Citation
Eurofound (2018), Groupe Léa Nature, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 95598, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/95598.
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