Hydrogen: the Latest French Bus Manufacturer Passes Under Chinese Flag

The Safra group, based in Albi and currently in judicial reform, will be taken over by the Chinese Wanrun. The decision, taken by the commercial court on Tuesday 20 May, goes badly with the employees. It illustrates the difficulties of the French hydrogen market.

The French hydrogen bus manufacturer, Safra, will be taken over by the Chinese group Wanrun. Albi's commercial court in the Tarn issued its decision this Tuesday, May 20, 2025, early in the afternoon.

The Chinese group's takeover offer held the rope in recent weeks, before a last minute proposal, revised upwards, presented Friday by TTH. Wanrun undertook to retain 120 of the 169 employees of this company based in Albi and specialized in the manufacture of buses and

Hydrogen bus: Safra bought by a Chinese actor The commercial court of Albi has decided: it chooses Wanrun's offer, a Chinese consortium. A choice that allows to maintain an expertise in hydrogen. According to France Bleu Occitanie, the employee representative says he is "satisfied". For him, "the Chinese offer is the most interesting because it is the one that keeps the most positions". The Chinese group Wanrun commits itself to take over 120 of…

Albi - The French manufacturer of hydrogen buses and coaches Safra, in judicial reform, will know on Tuesday the name of its successor: a Chinese group or a French holding company, on the background of debate on the notion of industrial sovereignty