Thiers, Puy-de-Dome, is a city that is particularly affected by the crisis. This is also why the wo

Thiers, Puy-de-Dome, is a city that is particularly affected by the crisis. This is also why the world went there to illustrate the "new social national food industries fracture" that the crisis causes. But in the past two days there, the mayor insisted national food industries that we also visit the Thiers works. Appointment has been made in two of the few companies that still hire workers in this city where the industry has destroyed more than three thousand jobs in ten years. Their fate speaks volumes about the conditions that must be met to take out of the game in the current situation.
Topclean in Packaging, market leader in the packaging of medical products is François Berry, president and heir of the group receives. His company is a local success story. Thiers for four generations, he was able to develop the original national food industries packaging activity of knives, the specialty of the city, now make 90% of its business in the packaging of drugs and medical products. Topclean is typical of ultra-innovative fabric that France wanted Germany to medium enterprises.
"The turning point came in the late 1990s, we lost a big market. I decided to move to medical packaging, he says, people here were first hallucinated I asked them to swap the blue of work for the white coat, "is he enjoys passing cleanrooms in which workers covered up to their eyes are busy recovering packaging that debit machines . "We are on the very high quality. Lesser black dot product can justify a return of the product by the laboratories."
Meanwhile, the company develops products that combine several methods, which allows to differentiate themselves from the competition. "If I was still doing trays of fried, I could close up shop, this pattern ensures that no language in his pocket must admit, our area is a little backward. Cutlery the closed one after the others because many employers have not questioned prefer to keep the money to invest. I visited factories where machines still dated 1945, it is not surprising that they have cast ". Limit ensures profitability 2% to continue to innovate. Successfully since its turnover increased almost tenfold in ten years.
It now employs 195 people in Thiers, against only 80 in 1997. Among them are several former employees of Preciturn, national food industries the big turning company which closed in January after employing up to 600 employees. But contrary to this, the team is almost entirely Joint: "It's easier for management," said the boss. Especially, tasks, hyper-technical, requiring no physical exertion too great. White, affected especially in product quality control, packaging Topclean workers have nothing to do with those Preciturn, who were mostly men able to endure physical tasks sometimes national food industries very also more.
But, symbol, in his office, it is not the card that is displayed Thiers, but that of China. Mr. Berry currently open there five years a factory national food industries that now employs 40 people, "only to supply the Chinese market," he promises. The boss is full of praise for these workers "who can work 60 hours without complaining." International Development is the grand strategy of Mr. Berry, who now spends 30% of his time abroad and employs ten business from five different nationalities. For now, the Chinese factory, and another national food industries soon in India, should not allow to open new markets. But if tomorrow the only way to remain competitive is offshoring, M Berry does not hesitate: "It's the company that counts, not men." If assures him "feel very well Thiers", nothing so sure that his son, the fifth generation of Berry will still be there tomorrow.
Another plant that many recruits in Thiers, the cereal maker Brüggen. You've probably never heard of this brand, it is nevertheless likely that you have already eaten their grain. The plant produces Corn Flakes for many brands. Of its production lines, leave boxes stamped Carrefour Discount, Dia and other Belle France throughout France and Southern national food industries Europe.
The plant is the only one that is installed on the area since 2008. By chance and for reasons national food industries much money. "The Brüggen family, based in Lübeck, seeking a production site in southern Europe," says Stéphane Guilbert a site managers. How has she landed in Thiers? "Initially they were inclined rather to Barcelona, but they did not find there home that