The reaction of Vencorex employees was immediate. On Tuesday we learned that a single takeover bid had been submitted to the liquidator to buy the chemical sector company, which has been in bankruptcy proceedings since September. Offer from the Hungarian group Borsodchem, a subsidiary of the Chinese group Wanhua.
The group proposes taking charge of only part of the activity (the Tolonates unit), that is, only 25 employees out of 465, and injecting one million euros. Enough to seriously worry the staff. Meeting in a general assembly, employees of the Vencorex chemical factory in Pont-de-Claix, near Grenoble, voted on Wednesday in favor of an indefinite strike with a blockade of the site.
Decision of the commercial court of November 6
According to our information, other manufacturers such as Arkema or Les Salins du Midi are interested in the company’s salts activity, but have not submitted offers. A union source explains that the Government is trying, behind the scenes, to pressure certain industrialists in the sector to take charge of the chemical platform.
The general director of Arkema will meet on Wednesday afternoon with the Minister of Industry, Marc Ferracci, but a spokesperson for the company specifies that this is not a meeting related to Vencorex.
The commercial court must issue a ruling on November 6: continue with the judicial recovery or pronounce the liquidation of the company.
Source: BFM TV
