Overview
- Union officials said only one offer was filed before the February 17 deadline, confirming Timothée Durand as the sole suitor.
- Durand’s plan would retain 2,700 of roughly 3,500 jobs at the Arques site and includes 300 compulsory layoffs plus 400 early retirements and 100 voluntary departures.
- Union representatives said an additional 200 temporary contracts would end, bringing potential reductions to around 1,000 positions.
- Arc and regional leader Xavier Bertrand have described Durand’s proposal as serious, while a last‑minute approach attributed to Giglio Mazzoli was reported but not treated as a formal competing bid.
- Arc has been in court‑supervised restructuring since January 7, employs about 5,700 people worldwide, and received a €30 million state loan last year.