When a boilermaking company participates in the creation of a work of art. With its 75 employees, the SATIL boiler-making plant, based in Chambéry, manufactured a 32-meter-high stainless steel structure for Fonderie Paccard, a world reference in church bells and carillons. The work of art and its 63 bells are destined for the University of Tampa in Florida. The opportunity to show that boilermaking is today a “modern” sector of activity, which employs.
Machinists, boilermakers, welders, the remuneration is good, there is a future for young people – Dominique Evroux, SATIL sales director
Boilermaker, a promising profession
SATIL is a specialist in the aeronautics, agrifood and nuclear industries, but a tiny part is dedicated to works of art. The Chambéry factory contributes at least once a year to the creation of sculpture. It is with these innovations that the profession can attract according to Sébastien Petite, workshop manager. “We try to communicate in the media and afterwards, we try to publicize the profession. It is true that people are still stopped on the manufacture of cauldrons. We have been doing more for a long time. works of art? I think that’s more meaningful than the industrial pieces that we make. In fact, if we talk to a young person about a tank, it will necessarily speak to him less than a sculpture like this one.. So, it’s true that I think that we can attract more young people or less young with this kind of manufacturing. “
– Louis Fontaine
There is a shortage of 20,000 boilermakers in France – Dominique Evroux, SATIL sales director
Open to the general public
To contemplate this sculpture of more than 80 tons, the factory opens its doors. This Wednesday and Thursday, you can admire the work, its 32 meters in height and its 63 bells before it is dismantled and shipped by sea in seven containers to Florida.