Jobs in danger, nuclear deterrence, Chinese buyer... We summarize the stakes around the chemical plant Vencorex, threatened with liquidation

Capital.fr

Lean Right

Factuality

Ownership

On Thursday, 10 April, Lyon's commercial court announced the takeover of the Vencorex plant by choosing the offer made by its Chinese competitor Wanhua. The chemical group, in judicial reorganization, installed near Grenoble, will not finally be taken over by its employees, the project of takeover in co-operatives having been refused by the court.

TF1 INFO

Center

Factuality

Ownership

The court of commerce in Lyon decided this Thursday on the future of Vencorex. The takeover of the factory near Grenoble (Isère) was attributed to Chinese Wanhua. The financing of the offer to take over the employees, backed by the state, were "not gathered". - Vencorex taken over by its Chinese competitor: we explain this "black day" for French chemistry (Economie).

Marianne

Lean Left

Factuality

Ownership

After months of mobilization to avoid the dismantling of a pivotal of the chemical valley to highly strategic activity, the employees of Vencorex (Isère) are now fixed. On Thursday 10 April, the Lyon Commercial Court decided to accept the offer of partial takeover of the Chinese group Wanhua, via its Hungarian subsidiary BorsodChem. A very hard blow to employment in the region and to our national sovereignty...

Liberation

Lean Left

Factuality

Ownership

The competing offer by employees of Vencorex and local authorities, which would have protected more jobs, was deemed "irreceivable" by the commercial court on Thursday, 10 April.

France Info

Lean Left

Factuality

Ownership

The court of commerce in Lyon must decide on Thursday on the future of the Pont-de-Claix plant, near Grenoble, whose salt is indispensable to the space and nuclear sectors. Two options are on the table: a partial takeover by a Chinese group or the takeover by employees in a cooperative.

lejdd.fr

Factuality

Ownership

The chemical plant of Pont-de-Claix, in Isère, will retain only a small part of its activities and employees. The alternative project, carried out by the employees in the form of a cooperative, was rejected by the commercial court of Lyon on Thursday. A decision perceived as a new industrial sinking.