Aube: How the textile industry successfully transformed

Formerly the flagship sector of the Aube, textiles do not use as much as before. Signs continue to settle, but the emphasis is on logistics.
It is a sector that has made the big hours of the Dawn: the textile. But at the time of the relocations, it does not use as much as before and has to make some transformations.

A mutation beneficial, as signs still continue to settle in the department with a focus on logistics.

In Buchères, for example, the site of the Petit Bateau brand covers more than 4,000 square meters. However, no manufacturing line or production is there: on the spot, the products are only passing through. The brand employs more than 180 people to process 25 million pieces per year.

In the 1960s, 20,000 people depended on the textile industry. Today, there are only 50 companies in this sector for 3,000 jobs.

The Aube has therefore relied on its strategic position at the heart of the North-South and East-West flows with the creation in the early 2000s of a logistics park to accompany the transformation of the textile industry towards distribution. Three companies are set up for the moment and the department is expected to host a fourth this year.

By D.C. with Pol-Rémy Barjavel
Published on 17/05/2017 at 13:18 Updated on 17/05/2017 at 13:27
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