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Manufacturing (24 - 25) Manufacture of metals 24.5 - Casting of metals 24.52 - Casting of steel
307 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
17 July 2012
Employment effect (start)
31 July 2012
Foreseen end date
31 December 2012
Description
On 24 July, the steel manufacturer Ascométal has announced a reorganisation plan including 307 job cuts. The plan will affect all its French units: the steel factory of Fos-sur-Mer (Bouches-du-Rhône), Allevard-le-Cheylas (Isère), Les Dunes (Nord) and Hagondange (Moselle) and two other plants in Le Marais (Loire) and Custines (Meurthe-et-Moselle).
The company is currently owned by the investment fund Apollo.
Eurofound (2012), Ascométal, Bankruptcy in France, factsheet number 73923, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/73923.