The automotive supplier MMT-B, based in Blanquefort, will remove 197 jobs, almost half of the workforce

The automotive supplier MMT-B, which produces gearboxes on the site of the former Ford factory in Blanquefort (Gironde), announced Thursday March 13 a job backup plan providing for the abolition of 197 posts, or almost half of the workforce, reports “Here Gironde“(Ex-France Bleu). The company employs 420 people.

To justify these positions of posts, the management of MMT-B evokes the drop in control of manual gearboxes manufactured for Ford, flagship product of the company. The employees of the equipment supplier have long worked in 3×8. But now, the company operates during the day, four days a week.

MMT-B suffers from the slowdown in the automotive sector and that of metallurgy. A few years ago, she attempted to diversify to prepare for the historic end of the contract with the American manufacturer, scheduled for December 2027. In particular, in 2023, in 2023, a chain of electric vehicle charging stations in Wattpark in 2023.

Created in 1976, the Girondine company has changed owner several times. Born under the name Getrag Ford, she became Magna, named after her Canadian shareholder, before becoming MMT-B in 2023, after her acquisition by the German Mutares Fund. The equipment supplier went from 700 to 420 employees.