According to the modified project presented to the Saverne court (Bas-Rhin), "the Cochez group joins the project and will take 51% of the new Caddie company", declared the current president of Caddie Stéphane Dedieu, who, with the Caddy's Italian distributor and a German manufacturer would take the remaining 49%.

At the end of this fourth hearing since January at the Saverne court, the commercial chamber decided on a new hearing on March 22, to allow time to finalize the financial guarantees for this improved disposal plan.

The Cochez group, specialized in transport and industrial services, is based in Valenciennes.

He had already partially taken over in 2019 the lacemakers Desseilles and Noyon, jewels of the lace industry in Calais.

"The new Caddy company would become, if the plan is approved, a full subsidiary of the Cochez group. We are doing something solid together, which seems feasible to me," Pascal Cochez, the group's founder, told AFP.

He had come to visit twice at the beginning of the year the unique production site of Dettwiller (Bas-Rhin), but thought that "larger groups" would position themselves.

"It's a risky file, but I weigh my risk and I will do everything to make it work," assured Pascal Cochez.

The three bearers of the initial offer on Caddy, and the only offer made, had not succeeded since the placement in receivership of the company in early January to find the funds necessary to go it alone.

The contours of the offer of four million euros in total remain unchanged with the maintenance of 111 jobs out of 139 currently.

In addition to the trolley business, Caddy would also develop industrial subcontracting.

Interested in both the "industrial tool" of this only metal trolley factory in France and "the history of this brand", Pascal Cochez is confident that the takeover project will be validated by the court on March 22. .

"The company is 94 years old, we can wait 94 years and eight days", underlined Me Claude-Maxime Weil, one of the legal administrators of the company, underlining the perseverance of the employees of Caddy who continue to run factory.

Thierry Carl, CFTC deputy secretary of the Social and Economic Committee (CSE) and employee representative in the context of the receivership procedure, spoke at the end of the hearing of "a share of relief".

"There may be prospects at the end of the tunnel."

To continue to run its factory and pay wages during the receivership, Caddy, 70% owned since 2018 by the Polish Damix, benefited from an exceptional public loan of 400,000 euros from the State and the Grand Est region. , which have provided new support, in the event of recovery, in the form of loans.

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