Overview
- The Tribunal de commerce d'Orléans, which examines takeover bids on Monday, will review three offers and is expected to confirm the end of the workers' Scop cooperative.
- Two industrial bidders propose keeping either about 125 or about 155 jobs while a third investor would retain only a handful of positions, and reporting differs on the plant's current headcount with sources citing 219 or 243 employees.
- The case follows management turmoil in April when CEO François Marciano and his son Antoine were forcibly removed and are contesting their dismissals before the prud'hommes.
- Authorities have opened judicial inquiries with searches in September, and the finance ministry flagged opaque accounts despite a public crowdfunding of roughly €5 million earlier this year.
- Duralex has undergone five judicial reorganisations over roughly 20 to 25 years, making the court's choice a decisive moment for the brand's industrial future and for local jobs in the Loiret.