Poujoulat winner of the industrial investment acceleration fund in the regions

European leader in the manufacture of flue pipes for all types of heating equipment in the residential sector, Poujoulat is a winner of the industrial investment acceleration fund in the regions as part of the recovery plan.

The winning project will allow the company to:

• strengthen its competitiveness and consolidate its position as European leader by improving productivity on the most technical goods and products (efficient ducts for the connection of energy production equipment from biofuels) and diversifying its production towards new markets in energy sector (aesthetic covers for heat pump and air conditioning).
• perpetuate the high level of qualification of its operators and anticipate the generational transition (age pyramid). The training school should make it possible to support the skills development of 60 to 70 operators per year, especially young people.

Recruitments will be made in 2021 and 2022 as part of these investments.

• accelerate the ecological transition of the industrial process (more ecological painting line) and accentuate the thermal performance of the production site (insulation) in a context where the site is already heated with biomass, equipped with LEDs and soon partially supplied by photovoltaic solar electricity.

The necessary investments will exceed 6 million euros over 2021 and 2022. The support of France Relance amounts to around 10% of the amount of the investments presented.

Frédéric COIRIER, Chairman and CEO of the Poujoulat Group, declares: “We are very honored by the recognition and support from the State and the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region regarding this new investment project. The group, with family capital, is part of a lasting relationship with the territories in which it operates and remains very attached to its local roots. For 10 years, we have, in fact, invested nearly 50 million euros on our site in Granzay-Gript. In addition, this project involves several fundamental challenges for the company: industrial competitiveness first, the greening of our processes then and the sustainability of the most technical know-how, finally. "