a French industrialist proposes to save 150 jobs in Orléans

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He’s the man of the day. His name was revealed this morning. Stéphane Français, boss of Thomson Computing, could be the savior long awaited by the employees of Brandt, a company liquidated 15 days ago, alongside the mayor of Orléans. “I thank him again because, you know, coming into a situation like that, for another worker, it’s really not easy“, declares Serge Grouard, mayor (Various right) of Orléans (Loiret). The entrepreneur revealed his project. It will keep only one site out of two. This will be the Orléans factory.

“I have an industrial recovery project which will start with 150 employees. Who will not start with a thousand employees or several thousand employees. For your information, my father worked at Brandt-Thomson for 30 years. I am very attached to the brands, to this history of French electronics“, indicated Stéphane Français, boss of Thomson Computing. The businessman took over Thomson Computing in 2013. It is the last brand of computers assembled in France. By taking over the Orléans site, it wishes to increase its production capacity in France. The employees present this morning remain cautious about these announcements. “Yes, it’s good news in the sense that, if it can save 150 jobs, it’s still better than zero. So that’s the good news. I don’t know how it can happen, in fact, in relation to the current procedure, the liquidator” estimates Denis Bernier, industrialization project manager and CFE-CGC union delegate. This reindustrialization project for the Orléans site brings a little balm to the heart of the city this Christmas. For its part, Bercy was able to carefully re-examine this takeover offer without rushing.