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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Electrical Equipment 27.20 - Manufacture of batteries and accumulators
300 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
8 March 2019
Employment effect (start)
8 March 2019
Foreseen end date
1 January 2021
Description
Forsee Power, a French manufacturer of batteries for buses and industrial vehicles, has announced the recruitment of 300 employees by 2021. Forsee Power raised €15 million from the public investment bank Bpifrance to increase its production capacity. Forsee Power buys batteries on the market from Asian manufacturers and focuses its know-how on developing the electrical environment (connection technology, voltage control) that allows batteries to be more efficient in the transport of 'heavy' vehicles.
Eurofound (2019), Forsee Power, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 97343, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/97343.
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