Bad news at Liotard, in Saint-Pierre-des-Corps. The management of the site, a subsidiary of Primagaz, recently warned its employees of the elimination of 52 of the 59 remaining jobs, our colleagues atHere Touraine this Thursday January 23, 2025.
The mayor wants to meet management
Suggesting a very uncertain future for this historic site where gas bottles and tanks are manufactured. “We found out a few days ago. The unions and management are due to meet soon but on June 30, it smells like a general closure”testifies an employee. Retiring at the end of March 2025, he thinks above all of his colleagues “who obviously take the news less well”.
Beyond employees, the announcement in any case took local elected officials by surprise this Thursday. Asked, the mayor of Saint-Pierre-des-Corps, Olivier Conte, also wishes to meet management as soon as possible to find out a little more.
-The site already experienced job cuts several years ago. In 2011, 89 jobs were eliminated out of the 174 that the Corpopétrussian company had at the time. At the end of 2022, the neighboring Primagaz site was dismantled after the company moved to Druye.
