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The automotive supplier Valeo has confirmed the closure of the La Suze-sur-Sarthe (Sarthe) and La Verrière (Yvelines) sites. At the La Suze factory, which employs 270 people, production will stop in 2025.
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“Today, I am not the staff representative but rather the colleague, the friend. People have been hit hard, they need to talk.” David Hémont has just passed the rotating drum at the Valeo factory in La Suze-sur-Sarthe. Wearing a chasuble with the Occupational Health and Safety Commission logo, he speaks in a blank voice and looks at the future like a chasm ten steps away.
By announcing the closure of the site on Wednesday, November 27, 2024, the automotive supplier confirmed the fears of the 270 employees of…