Melina Facchin, edited by Wassila Belhacine 06:13, March 22, 2022

Placed in receivership since January, the company Caddy risks bankruptcy and appears in court in Saverne, in the Bas-Rhin, this Tuesday, March 22.

The trolley manufacturer is counting on the takeover offer from its current CEO and on the State and the Grand-Est region which are offering themselves as investors. 

This Tuesday, March 22, is D-Day for Caddy.

The cartmaker should be set on his fate from 9:30.

Placed in receivership in January, he risks bankruptcy, 140 jobs are at stake. There is only one takeover offer: that of the current CEO of the company.

And it doesn't seem very strong.

Since January, justice has granted several delays to the company Caddy, placed in receivership.

In recent days, the iconic trolley manufacturer has found a new investor, the state and the Grand-Est region will also lend it money.

But will that be enough to convince the Saverne court, in Bas-Rhin, this Tuesday morning?

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"The recovery project has only regressed"

"The employees are more than worried, knowing that this Tuesday, this should be the last hearing", sighs Franck Kieffer, SUD union representative at Caddy, at the microphone of Europe 1. "The problem is that the project of recovery has only regressed," he explains.

"There is a big problem of resources on the table: at present, there is still a lack of 2.6 million euros. So I do not know how the court will react to this lack of guarantees", he worries.

"If the project is validated, from 140 employees, we would go to 113. And if there is judicial liquidation, all the employees will be dismissed. Morally, psychologically, many have given up. We therefore hope that at the hearing , certain things will be reviewed, that the project will be improved", concludes Franck Kieffer.