Hermès increases its production capacities
The hand hesitates.The sons are tangled.And the point obtained is irregular.Since Monday, September 6, the promotion P6 of the leather goods Hermès de Saint-Vincent-de-Paul (Gironde) has learned to sew with two needles, two waxed linen and a milewood that can be pierced leather.The presence of AxelDumas, manager of Hermès, his staff, officials from the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region and elected officials of the municipality, Friday September 10, during the official inauguration of this bag production site, also disturbs this forty apprentices a lot.
Among them are mainly candidates for professional retraining, observes a trainer.The others have, from secondary education, "all done" to "enter there", admits Adrien Brejou, 20-year bachelor of the Jean-Rostand vocational high school in Angoulême.Because "Hermès is the grail".
Lire aussiArticle réservé à nos abonnésHermès, une (juteuse) affaire de familleThis grandson of Bourrelier knows how "the methods, the techniques" of the saddler are singular.And already, he has spotted "the quality of the means and tools" of the luxury brand which he hopes to "manufacture the kelly", the flagship model of Hermès, which requires fifteen to twenty hours of assembly.He will have to stay focused, skilled, patient, meticulous.Humble, probably also.Because fifteen to eighteen months of training are theoretically necessary to master the gestures of the leatherway maker and hope to win a CAP."It takes ten years to form an craftsman in all models and all leathers," says AxelDumas.
Strong demand in Asia and the United States
The brand, which has just created its own training and learning center, in Fitilieu (Isère), thus trains hundreds of apprentices each year.Since 2010, Hermès has opened nine leather goods in France, bringing more than 4,000 the number of artisan-maroocoan artisans within the group.The leather goods of Saint-Vincent-de-Paul-the nineteenth exploited in France-was opened at the end of 2020;It employs 180 people today.Ultimately, it could count nearly 300 employees.
"Since the beginning of 2021, we have created 400 jobs," said Mr..Dumas.And, within this company of 17,000 employees, including 5,600 craftsmen, the needs remain.Three other leather goods are being developed in Louviers (Eure), for an opening in 2022, Tournes (Ardennes), for 2023, and Riom (Puy-de-Dôme), for 2024.Each could employ 300 people.Hermès will also expand his Saint-Junien site (Haute-Vienne).Near Lyon, in Pierre-Bénite (Rhône), the brand has decided to extend its silk workshop, where its scarves are printed.
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