Hermès continues to invest in its production capacity and announces the creation of two leather goods workshop (France, Charente and Gironde) with 500 jobs, by 2026
March 15 2022 - 4:28AM
Hermès continues to invest in its production capacity and announces
the creation of two leather goods workshop (France, Charente and
Gironde) with 500 jobs, by 2026
PRESS RELEASE
Paris, March 15, 2022
HERMÈS CONTINUES TO INVEST IN ITS
PRODUCTION CAPACITY
ANDANNOUNCES
THE CREATION OF TWO LEATHER GOODS
WORKSHOP(FRANCE,
CHARENTE AND GIRONDE) WITH 500 JOBS, BY
2026.
To support the success of the leather
goods and saddlery collections, Hermès confirms its ambition to
grow and continue the development of its production capacity with
the construction of two new leather goods workshops – one scheduled
to open in 2025 and the other in 2026. In time, 500 craftsmen and
women will practice their know-how of excellence in the future
workshops located in Charente, in the municipality of
L’Isle-d’Espagnac, and in Gironde, in the
municipality of Loupes.
These two new projects are in addition to the
three other sites under construction in Louviers (Eure), in Tournes
and Cliron (Ardennes), and in Riom (Puy-de-Dôme), for which
recruitment and training are ongoing.
Hermès reaffirms its regional
anchorThe Maroquinerie de L’Isle-d’Espagnac joins the hub
of Maroquineries du Sud-Ouest along with the ones in Nontron and
Montbron and the Ganterie-Maroquinerie of Saint-Junien, established
on this region for over 25 years. The Maroquinerie de
L’Isle-d’Espagnac will be inaugurated in 2025. With the
Maroquinerie de Guyenne, the new manufacture in Loupes will form
the Gironde hub of Hermès, which will become the eight leather
goods hub of the group and ultimately employing more than 500
craftsmen. This new site will be inaugurated in 2026.
Strongly committed to building long-term
relationships with its local partners, Hermès prepares its
implementation in L’Isle-d’Espagnac by working in cooperation with
the agency of development and innovation’s contest of
Nouvelle-Aquitaine, and the Communauté d’Agglomération Grand
Angoulême. For the development of its new sites, the House relies
on its partnerships with the French employment agency (Pôle
Emploi), the Board of Education of Poitiers, the Greta adult
education service of Poitou-Charentes Agence d’Angoulême and the
Greta CFA of Aquitaine.
Hermès confirms its commitment to
education and apprenticeship In a spirit of companionship
which values the transmission of know-how and the artisanal
culture, the site in L’Isle-d’Espagnac will rely on the expertise
of the craftsmen and women from the Maroquinerie of Nontron, of
Montbron and of the Ganterie-Maroquinerie of Saint-Junien. The site
in Loupes will benefit from the proximity with the expert artisans
of the Maroquinerie de Guyenne, established in the Gironde
territory since 2020. L’École Hermès des savoir-faire – Hermès’
apprenticeship training centre accredited by French National
Education authority, will expand to Montbron in September 2022, and
to the Maroquinerie de Guyenne, early 2023. L’École trains its
apprentices for a durable métier founded on the House’s leather
goods know-how of excellence.
Since 2010, Hermès has opened nine leather
workshops in France, bringing the number of saddler-leatherworkers
employed by the group to more than 4,300.Both of the new workshops
located in L'Isle-d'Espagnac and in Loupes will become the 23rd and
24th production sites of Hermès Leather Goods & Saddlery
division, all located in France.
Since 1837, Hermès has remained faithful to its artisan model
and its humanist values. The freedom to create, the spirit of
innovation, the constant search for beautiful materials, the
transmission of savoir-faire of excellence, and the aesthetic of
functionality all forge the singularity of Hermès, a house of
objects created to last. An independent, family-owned company which
encompasses 16 métiers, Hermès is dedicated to keeping the majority
of its production in France through its 52 workshops and production
sites and to developing its network more than 300 stores in 45
countries. The group employs almost 17,600 people worldwide,
including nearly 11,000 in France, among whom nearly 6,000 are
craftsmen*. Axel Du-mas, a sixth-generation family member, has been
Hermès CEO since 2013. Founded in 2008, the Fondation d’entreprise
Hermès supports projects in the areas of artistic creation,
training and the transmission of savoir-faire, biodiversity, and
the preservation of the environment. * As of 31 December 2021
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