Future Hermès Ardennes leathergoods workshop to take on 250 artisans
Luxury brand Hermès is building a leathergoods workshop between the French villages of Tournes and Cliron (Ardennes), to be completed by 2022. The company expects to hire 250 artisans for the new location, who will be trained by those already working at Hermès’ nearby Bogny-sur-Meuse (also in Ardennes) workshop.
The creation of this new workshop underscores Hermès’ intentions to anchor in the Grand Est region. The two Ardennes workshops will become the group’s sixth cluster of leathergoods workshops, with others in Paris-Val-de-Seine, Normandy, Franche-Comté, the South West and the Savoie Dauphiné region. Between their leathergoods production sites in operation or those planned to open imminently, the company says it will be employing more than 3,400 saddler-leatherworkers.
