Morbihan. "Unacceptable Human and Industrial Drama": the Foundry of Brittany Placed in Liquidation
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The Fonderie de Bretagne (FDB), which employs 244 employees in Caudan (Morbihan), was placed on 15 October 2026 in judicial liquidation due to the lack of a buyer.
Resumed a year ago by Europlasma, the Fonderie de Bretagne had been placed in judicial reform at the beginning of July. In the absence of a successor, it is placed in liquidation.
Barely more than a year after the takeover by Europlasma, the Lorient Commercial Court is expected to sign off on the liquidation of the company on Thursday 15 October, leading to a social plan for the 244 employees.
It is the end of a flagship, of a historic company in Morbihan. The iconic Foundry of Brittany will be liquidated this Thursday. The 244 employees have just learned it and they are disgusted, shot down. They feel like they have been betrayed. In the last few days, they have mobilized themselves, blocked the traffic of trains in a station in the department to make their anger heard. The commune of Caudan, 7,200 inhabitants, loses its most importa…
"We learned this morning (Tuesday) in the Social and Economic Committee (CSE) that there will be no bids presented to the commercial court" in Lorient Thursday afternoon, said to the AFP Eric Blanchier, elected CGT of the Foundry of Brittany. This means that the factory in Caudan (Morbihan) will be put into judicial liquidation, he lamented. According to this trade unionist, however, a serious representative had manifested himself and negotiated…
Placed in judicial reorganization at the beginning of July, the Foundry of Brittany finally found no buyer. It should be placed in judicial liquidation on Thursday by the commercial court of Lorient (Morbihan)
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