The famous company has a month and a half to find a buyer and save its 140 jobs in Alsace.
The famous manufacturer of supermarket trolleys Caddie, who declared himself in default on Monday, was placed in receivership on Tuesday with a month and a half to find a buyer and save its 140 jobs in Alsace. “The court puts the company in receivership (…) and it returns the case to February 22, hoping to have a solution by that date with a buyer for the company Caddy», Indicated the president of the company Stéphane Dedieu, at the end of the hearing in camera which was held in front of the commercial chamber of the judicial court of Saverne (Bas-Rhin).
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“We are pressed for time because the company needs cash to keep going, so it’s important that the process be quick.Added the one, who joined Caddie in the early 1990s as a salesperson, took over the company in 2014 after a previous receivership. “Currently I do not have a lead, but the procedure is just starting“, Recognized Stéphane Dedieu, calling for a buyer”industrial“For this niche market and praising”a great brand, great products and involved employees“.
Third judicial reorganization in 10 years
For his part, reassured that the wages for December are finally paid, Luc Strohmenger, CFTC secretary of the Social and Economic Committee (CSE), wants priority to be given to “job retention»On the now unique production site in Dettwiller (Bas-Rhin). “The objective is to find a buyer as quickly as possible because the state of the company is really catastrophic. The goal is to keep the job as long as possible“, Insisted the lawyer of the CSE, Me Hervé Bertrand, evoking seven million euros of debts only near the suppliers. “For me it is obvious that a beautiful house like Caddy will inevitably attract an industrialist“, Stéphane Dedieu said on RMC before the court hearing.
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The company, based in Dettwiller (Bas-Rhin), in Alsace, declared itself in default on Monday due to an accumulation of difficulties which have exhausted its cash flow. The company, named “The workshops together Caddy», Who invented the metal trolley for supermarkets in 1928, has already undergone two receiverships in 2012 and 2014. It has been 70% owned since 2018 by the Polish Damix, who had cut fifty jobs in 2020.