French brand Hermès continues to invest in production capacity

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French brand Hermès continues to invest in production capacity

23 Mar `22

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Hermès International has continued to invest in its production capacity and announces the creation of two leather goods workshops (France, Charente and Gironde) with 500 jobs, by 2026. Since 2010, the French manufacturer has opened nine leather workshops in France, bringing the number of saddler-leather workers employed by the group to more than 4,300.

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, the company said in a press release.

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.

The 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 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, the release added.

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 in 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.

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.

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