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Manufacturing (13 - 15) Manufacture of textiles, apparel and leather 15.1 - Tanning, dyeing, dressing of leather and fur; manufacture of luggage, handbags, saddlery and harness 15.12 - Manufacture of luggage, handbags, saddlery and harness of any material
300 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
5 November 2020
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2021
Description
In the former Enny factory in Cerreto Guidi in the metropolitan area of Florence, the luxury fashion brand Balenciaga - part of the French group Kering - will open a large leather workshop employing 300 workers in 2021.
The workshop will produce Balenciaga bags and will be located in a renovated building previously used as a leather shop. It will also host a training centre.
The news was welcomed with great satisfaction by the major of Cerreto Guidi.
Eurofound (2020), Balenciaga, Business expansion in Italy, factsheet number 102405, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/102405.