“Everything was tried to find a solution”: car mirror manufacturer Flabeg France liquidated, 109 jobs cut

End cap for Flaberg France, a German manufacturer of car mirrors. Its liquidation was announced on Tuesday, resulting in the loss of 109 jobs at the plant in Sarreverden (Bas-Rhin), we understand from the commercial justice system. Following a hearing on Tuesday morning, the commercial chamber of the Saverne judicial court decided to “convert into judicial liquidation with continuation of activities until April 19” the bankruptcy proceedings of Flabeg France, which was announced on January 23, the chamber of commerce said. AFP.

The business will close on Friday. The CFTC union still has 109 employees, down from 122 at the time of reinstatement. The three months that have passed since the first decision have not made it possible to find a buyer for the site, whose German parent company Flabeg did not want to continue operations. “Everyone tried to find a solution, but we had to see failure,” commented Nathalie Guillaumart, court administrator.

“The only way,” according to Nathalie Gayomar, a candidate for American buyers, decided at the end of March not to go through with the matter. It was Muth Mirror Systems, a 210-employee electronics company that “planned to retain 45 employees.” The company “was interested in establishing a division in Europe in addition to divisions in the US and China, had a development project that we considered good, but did not have the necessary funds to invest and in fact believed that our company was too dilapidated.” said Denis Robitzer, CFTC Delegate from Flabegues, France.

He stated that he was “extremely disappointed” and expressed “dissatisfaction” with the Flabeg group. “We remain convinced that what happened to Flabeg France was planned: we were liquidated,” he said. The Flabeg group informed Sarrewerden employees at the end of 2023 of a “catastrophic situation” due to the loss of a major customer of the French subsidiary, which mainly produces car mirrors and sun visors. The company, which is headquartered in Nuremberg, employs a total of 1,200 people, according to its website.