Since last September, the Aveyron foundry SAM has been placed in compulsory liquidation with an extension of activities until December 10.
Its principal, Renault, announced last night that it did not support the takeover offer filed this summer by the boss of the company Alty-Sifa, supported by the State and the Region.
Bruno Le Maire, the Minister of the Economy, asked the car manufacturer to support the 350 foundry employees in their reclassification if the final liquidation was pronounced this Friday.
The Toulouse Commercial Court had given Renault until Wednesday to rule on the plan to take over the Aveyron foundry SAM, placed in compulsory liquidation since last September, with an extension of activities for some 350 employees until December 10.
But the ax fell on Tuesday evening by a press release from the automotive group.
The latter considered that the project led by Patrick Bellity, boss of the company Alty-Sifa, did not present "the necessary conditions of sustainability and security".
The manufacturer “regrets this situation, measures the consequences of its decision and will continue the dialogue with SAM employees in order to offer them alternative employment solutions within the Renault Group”.
And this is what the Minister of the Economy, Bruno Le Maire is asking him if the Toulouse commercial court pronounces liquidation on Friday.
Foundry SAM: "There is no credible offer for the takeover of SAM. We fought as for every industrial site. Renault must support each employee to find a job", declares Bruno Le Maire, Minister of the Economy pic.twitter.com/IoI0vREZme
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"There is no credible offer for the takeover of SAM"
Asked this morning on FranceInfo this Wednesday morning, he called on Renault, the foundry's first and only principal, to be exemplary in supporting employees.
“There is no credible offer for the takeover of SAM.
We've been working with teams, with employees, with the Region, with local elected officials for months to find a solution.
We fought as for every industrial site, if there was today a takeover offer that is really solid, promising, we would have imposed it in one way or another, that is not the case ”, assured the minister.
As a Renault shareholder, the State representative indicated that he expected "exemplary behavior vis-à-vis employees, because for the employment area of Decazeville it's hard, for employees of SAM, it's extremely hard, ”continued Bruno Le Maire.
The potential buyer "disgusted"
SAM employees, who demonstrated Tuesday in front of the Rodez prefecture, said they were scandalized, while the group had committed last May to the maintenance of at least 250 jobs after a strike of 23 days. François Marty, the mayor of Decazeville, a neighboring town of Viviez, said his "anger". Just like Patrick Bellity, who positioned himself in July with a first takeover offer, supported by the State and the Occitanie region.
“I am disgusted.
What better guarantee could I have than the State and the Region?
", He reacted, deploring the" billions "offered by the State to the group without counterpart.
“We will respond present and mobilize all of our systems on the training component to support employees.
We will also continue the work carried out to support the establishment of future industrial projects in the region, ”said Carole Delga, president of the Occitanie Regional Council, who denounces Renault's“ irresponsible ”decision and specified. that she shared "the shock and indignation of the employees, and beyond, of the entire population".
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