The Arras commercial court (62) declared the judicial liquidation of Durisotti and several companies in the GTE-Automotive group. While this decision has led to the layoffs of more than 350 people, employees hope to restart the operation in the form of Scop. 161 people work at Durisotti. ©Durisotti The bodybuilder Durisotti and several other companies, which make up most of the GTE-Automotive group, were subject to compulsory liquidation by the Arras commercial court (62); This led to the layoffs of more than 350 people in total, according to select staff.
About a hundred employees, mostly from Durisotti, gathered outside the commercial court in funeral clothes on Wednesday, June 3, 2026, many displaying cardboard crosses.
Renaissance in Scop form?
Jean-Noël Potez, CGT union representative and CSE representative of Durisotti, which currently employs 161 employees, the majority of them in Sallaumines (Pas-de-Calais), explained that in this fiasco, “the aim is to expose the employer’s responsibility.”
Employees of this company, which specializes in the conversion of light commercial vehicles for various sectors (law enforcement, fire, postal services, etc.), hope to revive it in the form of a cooperative and participatory company (Scop) in the near future.
automobilemagazine.com.tr, 2026-06-05 11:54:00
Information: This content was prepared and published using AutomobileMagazine’s artificial intelligence-supported publishing system, in line with the information shared by international automotive manufacturers and reliable press sources.
Automobile Magazine – English News
Source link 2026-06-27 19:51:00
