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Manufacturing Manfacture for transport equipment Manufacture of other transport equipment 30.20 - Manufacture of railway locomotives and rolling stock
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
22 May 2025
Employment effect (start)
15 May 2025
Foreseen end date
31 December 2026
Description
Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (CAF), a Spanish railway manufacturer, is hiring between 200 and 300 new workers at their sites in Bagnères-de-Bigorre (Bas-Rhin) and Reichoffen (Hautes-Pyrénées). The company has announced a 50 million euro investment in the two sites at the Choose France Summit. It aims to produce 250 cars annually by multiplying its production capacity by six.
CAF has a workforce of 225 employees in Bagnères-de-Bigorre.
Eurofound (2025), CAF France, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 202801, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/202801.
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