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STX France announces a reorganization of the activity of the ship yard of Lorient
In the plant the half of the workers employed previously will be used
April 7, 2015
STX France has announced today a reorganization of the activity of own ship yard of Lorient, decision that - it has specified the French navalmeccanica society - is assumed after years of economic results in loss and with the objective to save job 48 places.
The plant of Lorient will be dedicated to the construction and assemblage of destined sheets to the realization of the hulls of small ships, of parts of structures offshore or other elements for the marine industry. In the ship yard the half of the workers employed previously will be used. To the workers of the plant of Lorient dedicated to the planning and preparation of ships an identical occupation in the ship yard of Saint-Nazaire will be offered that takes part of the same navalmeccanico group and a series of measures in order to facilitate the eventual transfer. STX France has specified that to which will not be interested to such offer measures for their formation or the learning of new competences will be proposed.
We remember that 66.7% about of the capital of group STX France are stopped by the STX Europe that is under responsibility of the STX Corporation South Korean, while remaining 33.4% are of property of the French State through the Fonds Stratégique d' Investissement (FSI).
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