Emmanuel Macron is this Thursday at the Eurenco factory in Bergerac, in Dordogne. On the program: the war economy and French sovereignty in defense matters. The Head of State plans to visit the premises before laying the first stone of the future powder factory of the European leader in explosives, propellants and military fuels,
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It is a trip to a place that was not chosen at random. “ An emblematic site, at the convergence of several national projects: reindustrialization, war economy, French armament effort in support of Ukraine”we explain from the side of the Elysée.
There Eurenco company will restart powder production to propel shellslike those of the Caesar cannons delivered to Ukraine at its Bergerac site, in the south west of France with a new factory which will see the light of day in 2025.
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The President of the Republic visits the existing production lines before going to the site and laying the first stone. A working session with CEOs of French arms industries is then planned on the agenda to “take stock of the progress of companies on the war economy, and discuss the continuation of the transformations to be adopted in the current geostrategic context, reports our special correspondent in Bergerac, Charlotte Urien-Tomaka.
The last meeting of this type dates back to March 2023.
Due to “ high demand for powder and explosives », linked in particular to the war in Ukraine, the factory will produce 1.2 million modular loads in 2026 compared to 500,000 currently. Eurenco, which employed 200 people in 2022 before the start of the war in Ukraine, should eventually increase to 450 people who will actively participate in the French war economy.
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