20 min
Episode #2 Reinventing Industry Crossroads France
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- Politics
Episode 2/5 : “Reinventing Industry”
One of the major themes in the 2022 presidential has beenthe deindustrialisation of France. The car, metallurgy and textile industries alone have lost half of their workforce in the last 40 years. Less and less is beingmanufactured on French territory. In this episode, we went to the Decazeville basin (south of France) where the loss of its contract with Renault has seen the AveyronnaiseMetallurgy Company (SAM) going out of business. We talk to some of its former employees who are occupying the factory, such as David Gistau who is facing the same fate as his steelworker father, and his grandfather who was a miner.
There is better news 150km away, where Julien and Myriam Tuffery have taken over and reinvigorated the family clothes business which has been going since 1892. With 25 employees and a growing turnover, they appear to have hit upon a sustainable and modern business model that is still able to preserve a tradition.
Translator & narrator: Barney SpenderEditor: Camille Kauffmann
Studio assistant: Antoine Boyer
Creator in French: Sarah-Lou LepersOriginal music: Clémence Reliat et Nicolas Vair Engineer: Christophe RobertIllustrator: Julie PereiraMarketing and communication: Laurent Nicolas, Coline Sallois
Editor: Guy JacksonEditor-in-chief: Michaëla Cancela-Kieffer
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 2/5 : “Reinventing Industry”
One of the major themes in the 2022 presidential has beenthe deindustrialisation of France. The car, metallurgy and textile industries alone have lost half of their workforce in the last 40 years. Less and less is beingmanufactured on French territory. In this episode, we went to the Decazeville basin (south of France) where the loss of its contract with Renault has seen the AveyronnaiseMetallurgy Company (SAM) going out of business. We talk to some of its former employees who are occupying the factory, such as David Gistau who is facing the same fate as his steelworker father, and his grandfather who was a miner.
There is better news 150km away, where Julien and Myriam Tuffery have taken over and reinvigorated the family clothes business which has been going since 1892. With 25 employees and a growing turnover, they appear to have hit upon a sustainable and modern business model that is still able to preserve a tradition.
Translator & narrator: Barney SpenderEditor: Camille Kauffmann
Studio assistant: Antoine Boyer
Creator in French: Sarah-Lou LepersOriginal music: Clémence Reliat et Nicolas Vair Engineer: Christophe RobertIllustrator: Julie PereiraMarketing and communication: Laurent Nicolas, Coline Sallois
Editor: Guy JacksonEditor-in-chief: Michaëla Cancela-Kieffer
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
20 min