Invention and Engineering

Cellatex

Cellatex SA is a former French rayon spinning company, founded in 1981 on the basis of a business established in 1902 in Givet, Ardennes (France), and liquidated in 2000. Cellatex was the last name of a company that changed its name several times, following mergers, takeovers, changes of shareholders and restructuring. The closure of Cellatex marked the end of the chemical and textile industry in France, born of innovative approaches in the late 19th century, which prospered between the wars and during the Trente Glorieuses. In 2000, the liquidation was marked by an occupation of the Givet plant, with workers threatening to use the chemicals to blow up the installations or pollute the Meuse river. This rather hard-hitting movement received considerable media coverage, and enabled the former employees to obtain more significant support measures.

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