Jean Castex does not lose time. The day after his appointment as Prime minister and then as the announcement of the future government is expected in the coming days, the successor of Edward phillip performed his first outing with his new status. He visited Saturday after-noon on the site of research and production of semi-conductors of group X-Fab France Corbeil-Essonnes, announced Matignon.
After a stint at the Elysée palace to discuss with the head of State of the composition of the future government, Jean Castex went in the Essonne for its first official as head of the government, since its appointment the day before. It arrived around 15: 45 on the site, where he planned to discuss with the officers and employees of the company, and then visit the production chain. It must also meet parliamentarians and local elected officials, and then will make a statement.
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“This is a good example of this is in front of us”
He was greeted by several elected officials, to which Jean Castex said to be ” a man of the territories “. The member Cédric Villani, who was also present, has called the choice “remarkable” by the Prime minister this visit to ” a high place of innovation “. Jean Castex explained that he wanted to for his first visit, “a company of innovation, industry, with the difficulty both cyclical” because of the Covid, and the crisis, “and structural” due to the international competition.
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“This is a good example of this is in front of us,” added the Prime minister, who prepares the recovery plan that is desired by Emmanuel Macron. “He came to the job “, said to the Agence France-Presse a collaborator of the mayor of Coudray, Aurélie Big. “The plant would have been able to close down a few years ago, but it has managed to preserve the employment, in particular thanks to high-tech jobs “, he added.
3 900 employees
X-Fab is one of the world leaders in semi-conductors, specialty ” technology of semi-conductors in analog signals or mixed “. The site is located on three municipalities : Corbeil-Essonnes, Le Coudray-Montceaux and Ormoy. Its customers are in the automotive sector, industry, medicine, and mobile communication. She had bought the end of 2016, the French manufacturer of semi-conductors in the difficulty of Altis Semiconductor.
a european Company registered in Belgium and listed on Euronext in Paris, X-Fab employs approximately 3 900 employees and owns a total of six production sites : three in Germany, one in France, one in Malaysia and one in the United States. Its production capacity is approximately 94 000 silicon wafers per month. “The boss of the group has been informed (of the visit) this morning only,” but ” it is a positive surprise “, pointed to the Agence France-Presse Thomas Hartung, chief marketing officer of the group, reached by telephone. “The factory of Corbeil-Essonnes is one of our larger facilities and we want to continue to grow the business,” continued the chief marketing officer. Its turnover amounted to 506,4 million in 2019.
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