A hundred days of waiting for the new owner to fix a plan to relaunch the site. This is the only announcement made this Wednesday to the 200 employees of the metallurgy of Montbard. François Martin, representative of the German investment fund Mutares, came to explain his method during four successive meetings, the first with the management staff, then with the union delegates, and finally with the two teams of employees.
loss-making company
It was the Munich specialist in takeovers of high-potential SMEs in Europe that bought the VBT plant, Vallourec Bearing Tubes, in the spring. Six consultants will have 100 days to make a diagnosis of a company that is currently in deficit and which has to deal with an unfavorable international context. “Our oven runs on gas,” recalls with concern Franck Chesseron, the CGT delegate of the site. Only certainty for now: there will be no social plan before the end of 2023. But for the trade unionist, vigilance is required.
The next meeting between unions and management has been set for June 14.