Business news : French Group Losange (Sparcraft, facnor), Deck candidate for recovery

The Commercial Court of Cherbourg say Thursday, April 25 whether to accept the bid submitted for the group of boating Losange specializes in the manufacture of masts, rigging and furling. According to the newspaper Sud-Ouest, it emanates from the Deck group based in Thiers (Puy-de-Dome).

The Losange Group is headquartered in Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue, Manche. One of its subsidiaries, the manufacturer RDM Sparcraft based in Périgny, near La Rochelle, is in receivership since June 2012. Financial holding Losange, which benefited from a backup procedure was placed in receivership in February 2013.

The Losange Group has also subsidiaries facnor the companies (furling, Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue) Sparcarft Rigging (rigging, Périgny) and Sparcraft Inc. in the United States. Due to the crisis in the yachting sector, Losange Group saw its turnover halved and reduced to 15 million.

Deck the group is a specialist hardware. He would propose to invest between 3 and 3.5 million euros in the production tool, while maintaining the various industrial facilities. 77 jobs are at stake, including 40 in Périgny and the rest in Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue.

French Source lemarin.fr