Danone invests in reorganisation of French production

Danone is investing EUR10 million into reorganising production and improving facilities at five of its factories in France.
The company currently has five factories in the country producing a variety of dairy products including yogurts, desserts, and fromage blanc for the domestic and international markets.
To improve the global competitiveness of these sites, the money will be spent on reorganising production, new equipment and training.
Under the new plans, each factory will be given a more specific and clearer role. For example, at Seine-Maritime in the north of France, fruit yogurts will be manufactured only for the international market, while in Villecomtal, Danone will produce fruit yogurts for the domestic market.
Danone will also up production capacity in certain areas. Capacity will be increased by around a third at its Molay-Littry site, which produces more sophisticated and specialist dairy products like organic yogurts and cream desserts.
Around 150 out of 1,500 workers in France will undertake new roles, but no job losses are expected as part of the reorganisation.
The plans will be implemented over the next 18 months.