2023-10-31 18:45:27
Updated 10/31/23 at 7:45 p.m.
Decline of an institution. The lacemaker Desseilles was placed in legal redress by the commercial court of Boulogne-sur-Mer, in Pas-de-Calais, we learned this Tuesday from its general director. This flagship of the Calais lace industry employs 87 people.
“The company was sued by a creditor and the court requested payment of the debt, which was not possible,” explained Sébastien Bento Soares, general director of the company, to AFP. confirming information from Nord Littoral.
Six month observation period
Consequently, at the end of the hearing on October 26 “the court decided to place the company in receivership” with an observation period of six months, he added, specifying that the next hearing would have takes place on December 21.
The Desseilles group had already been placed in receivership in 2019, three years following its takeover by the Chinese group Yongsheng. It was then partially taken over by Pascal Cochez, manager of the Cochez Group specializing in transport and industrial services.
Calais lace, an emblem of French luxury requiring centuries-old know-how, comes from the “Leavers” looms. These cast iron monsters born around 1840 from the adaptation of the Jacquard technique to the lace loom, mechanically imitate the movement of the hands of a lacemaker working with a bobbin.
1698782859
#flagship #famous #Calais #lace #receivership
