Former employees of the Plaintel factory (Côtes d'Armor) cringe. Closed in 2018 by its American owner Honeywell to be relocated to Tunisia, this mask production site is sorely lacking in the midst of a coronavirus epidemic. But the idea of the former plant manager to restart production seems to be on the right track. On Wednesday, the project received the support of the President of the Republic, visiting the neighboring department of Finistère.
Interviewed by the press, Emmanuel Macron assured that the state would support the revival of a mask factory located in Plaintel by ordering. This promise is a first response to questions from the Brittany region and the Côtes d'Armor department, which had called on the State and Europe to fill the order book for the Breton factory.
"Sacrified" in 2018, can the Breton mask factory come back to life? https://t.co/Zp7qUqdi5W
- 20 Minutes (@ 20Minutes) April 2, 2020For several weeks, Emmanuel Macron has insisted on the need to relocate certain productions, and in particular those of masks. The President of the Republic estimated that France was going to produce “several million masks for the general public per week, with very high filtration capacity”, approved by Afnor.
The Plaintel factory, which has been closed for two years, could contribute to this effort. The site has however completely disappeared. The machines were destroyed or sent to Tunisia and the buildings sold. According to project leader Jean-Jacques Fuan, former director of the sacrificed factory, it would take about 18 months to relaunch the production of masks. But the latter insists on the need to have commitments from public authorities "to guarantee the future of such a site". It is now done.
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