The project to locate Cevital on Peugeot (PSA) sites in Charleville-Mezieres (Ardennes) will be operational end of 2019 and will result in the creation of 1,000 direct jobs, said Wednesday the CEO of the Algerian group Issad Rebrab.
The Algerian diversified group, and the main private group of the country, will manufacture machines for water treatment, he said during a visit on site of Emmanuel Macron, on the fourth day of “roaming” “Memorial and political head of state in eastern and northern France. The plant is composed of three industrial units, one for the manufacture of membranes and ultra pure water production plants, another for seawater desalination and industrial water treatment, using EvCon, a German technology. revolutionary, acquired by the Cevital group in 2014.
Cevital, which took over the French household appliance manufacturer Fagorbrandt, will settle on land vacated by Peaugeot after the compaction of its foundry in Charleville. According to the Elysee, discussions with Cevital have been ongoing for several months to make this investment a reality.