1 – Packaging professionals react to “On the front lines”.
The France 5 program “Sur le front” devoted an episode on Tuesday, September 16, to the theme “Cardboard boxes, paper bags: a false good idea?”. The interprofessional organization for paper and cardboard packaging reacted strongly.
2 – “Management by the incompetent generates suffering at work, sometimes shame,” notes Professor Isabelle Barth
In her book “Kakistocracy or the Power of the Worst”, management professor at the University of Strasbourg Isabelle Barth warns about organizations led by incompetents. These situations trap certain competent employees in a form of suffering at work.
3 – Despite a difficult context, ArcelorMittal plans to invest more than 30 million euros in Basse-Indre
The ArcelorMittal site in Basse-Indre, near Nantes (Loire-Atlantique), is celebrating its bicentenary. Specializing in flat steel for packaging, it should benefit from a new wave of investments of more than 30 million euros to modernize and digitalize… despite fears related to unprecedented Chinese competition.
4 – Foreign trade, an unexpected driver of French growth
Along with government spending, aeronautics exports were the main driver of growth in 2024. But consumption is struggling to take over.
5 – Ball bearing specialist NTN Europe invests 40 million euros in its new headquarters in Annecy
The global ball bearing manufacturer NTN Europe, the largest private employer in Haute-Savoie, wants to modernize its Annecy site, which is over a century old. Objectives: accelerate its diversification and rationalize its production.
Source: www.usinenouvelle.com
