Editor’s Note
This article highlights the significant economic boost for the Thiers region in France, as luxury jeweler Van Cleef & Arpels announces a new manufacturing site expected to create hundreds of local jobs, countering a trend of deindustrialization.
Van Cleef & Arpels is set to open a new manufacturing site near Thiers in the Puy-de-Dôme, with the prospect of creating several hundred local jobs. The jeweler plans to create 250 jobs on site.
This is certainly good news for the Thiers basin, which has long suffered from deindustrialization. Van Cleef & Arpels will open a new manufacturing site in the Thiers area of Puy-de-Dôme. Approximately 300 jobs could ultimately be created there.
In fact, the opening of two sites in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region was announced, as the jeweler will also establish a site in the Drôme department.
The two workshops will each be able to accommodate a minimum of 250 employees, in sites easily accessible from Lyon, Paris, and Geneva in order to
explains the region.
In Dorat, near Thiers, an emblematic basin for cutlery and metal craftsmanship, buildings for training, production, and services will be constructed, along with an “incubator” for new talents. The first jewelry pieces are expected to come out of the former Rexo industrial site as early as September 2023, with the creation of a temporary site.
specifies Stéphane Rodier, the mayor of Thiers. The company also has room to expand in Puy-de-Dôme; Van Cleef & Arpels has requested to purchase the 8 hectares of industrial wasteland.
rejoices the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.