Industrial Michelin announces the elimination of 2,300 jobs in France
Union demonstration at the Michelin factory in La Roche-sur-Yon.
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Sebastien Salom-Gomis AFP / Archivos
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Michelin, the French tire manufacturer is presenting its competitiveness plan this Wednesday, January 6, which plans to cut 10% of its workforce.
Management ensures that there will be no forced departures.
The industrialist wants to improve his productivity.
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After closing its plant in La
Roche-sur-Yon in Vendée a year ago, Michelin is
continuing its restructuring.
The manufacturer announces the elimination of 2,300 jobs out of the 20,000 that the industrialist in France.
Management wants to reduce administrative jobs at the Clermont-Ferrand headquarters and reduce the workforce in 14 of its historic factories in the region.
Michelin is giving itself three years to make these changes and affirms that it will be done without a forced departure.
If no plant closures are planned in this plan, President Florent Menegaux specifies that it would be irresponsible on his part to make a long-term commitment on this point.
For Michelin, it is above all a question of securing its future.
Currently tire manufacturing represents 90% of its turnover, but in 10 years it should drop to 75%.
In recent months, the manufacturer, which has more than 130,000 employees worldwide, has already downsized in Germany.
It closed its Bamberg site, which employed 858 people and manufactured premium tires for passenger cars, a sector facing strong competition from Asian manufacturers.
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