THE INDUSTRIES





Today

The Givet's Districal Park of Activities
The "PADIG"






"GIVET, at the extremity of the Ardennes, in the depth of the North Europe".

This key phrase situate our city in the centre of the Europeans Markets
To localise better GIVET, click on this line.


Some distances :

GIVET PARIS 240 kms 3h.00
GIVET REIMS 135 kms 1h.30
GIVET BRUXELLES 100 kms 1h.00
GIVET LUXEMBOURG 115 kms 1h.00
GIVET LONDON 390 kms 5h.00
GIVET AACHEN 170 kms 2h.00
GIVET STRASBOURG 345 kms 3h.30
GIVET LILLE 140 kms 1h.30
GIVET FRANCFURT 422 kms 4h.00

THE ENTERPRISES IN GIVET :

- 1°) In the park of activities :

Enterprise
Activity
Personal
Phone
ADO coating 10 persons 03.24.42.35.70
ALLARDIN printing house 10 persons 03.24.42.77.42
ARDENNES PRODUCTION boiler-making 50 persons 03.24.42.70.75
S & M printing 50 persons 03.24.42.03.13
ISOPAC packaging, packing materials 20 persons 03.24.40.42.85
SERT general mechanics 20 persons 03.24.42.04.15
SOGIMECA industrial maintenance 20 persons 03.24.42.14.28
SOROCHIME high quality chemistry 60 persons 03.24.42.35.70

- 2°) Close by

Enterprise
Activity
Personal
Phone
CELLATEX synthetic textile 200 persons 03.24.42.02.46
SOPAL stickies papers 50 persons 03.24.42.66.30
SCHULMAN compounds plastic 40 persons 03.24.42.71.61
TREFIMETAUX semi-product in copper 500 persons 03.24.42.64.00
MAGOTTEAUX fondry 150 persons 03.24.42.41.83
NUCLEAR CENTRAL

OF CHOOZ

Electricity production 550 persons 03.24.42.60.00
REDLAND GRANULATS Quarry of blue stone 40 persons 03.24.42.08.53


Traditionally, the "Givet's" labour is responsible and qualified. Several programs of professional formation were given as part of the construction of the Nuclear Central of CHOOZ.

Today, a continuous formation is proposed by the VALFOREM centre (Valorization of the formation and the employment ) in CHOOZ.

This centre propose the following formations : :
  • DATA PROGRESSING (Basic initiation, Word, Excel, Autocad, DAC, PAC, etc...)
  • DRIVER OF FORK-LIFT TRUCK
  • FIRTS-AID WORKER
  • GESTURE AND ATTITUDE
  • NUCLEAR ABILITIES
  • INDUSTRIAL CLEANER
  • AGENT OF PUBLIC THOROUGH FARES
  • GARDENER
  • ELECTRICALES ABILITIES
  • ELECTROTECHNIC
  • AUTOMATISM
  • COKS AND FITTINGS
  • NUCLEAR LOGISTIC
  • ASBESTOS PROCESSING
  • ANTICIPATE GESTION OF EMPLOYMENTS AND HUMAN RESSOURCE
  • ENVIRONMENT FORMATION.

Other formations could be given. For all informations, get in touch with the VALFOREM centre at 03.24.42.31.31

- (Fax : 03.24.42.66.78)

- E-Mail : ydethier@chooz.com

- Web site : http:www.chooz.com/VALFO/index.htm


Concerning the Districal Park of Activities and its possibility of welcome, further informations could be given by the District of the Chooz'area at :

- Phone : 03.24.41.50.90
- E-Mail : district-chooz@ardennes.com
- Post : 29, rue Mehul - 08600 GIVET

Some numbers about the Park :

- Date of creation : 25 july 1992
- Available surface : 120 acres
- Volume of actival employment : 150 persons
- Volume of potential employment : 3000 persons

Situated next to the GIVET agglomeration, on the principales land and fluvial routes, the Park of Activities like a true croosroads of communication..


THE OLDEN INDUSTRIES !... ...

Numerous were the industries wich came to GIVET.

Among of these (and i hope not forgetting too much industries) we have to cite :

- THE TANNERY

Oldest industry of GIVET which dates back to the XVe century.

- In 1750, five tanners artisans, established on the bank of the "Houille" river, transformed the skin of the bovine in to leather. The leather of GIVET was very appraised, particulaly by the clothing shops of the imperial army.

- THE GLUE OF GIVET :

After the disappearance of the tanneries, the production of glue took over using pratically the same raw materials. Before the 2nd world war, the two ROUSSELOT factories produced about 1000 tonnes of glue and gelatin per year..

- PIPE FACTORY :

Old activity of GIVET, dating from the XVIIIe century. For the experts, Jean GAMBIER established his factory next to the "Mont d'Haurs", at the end of the XVIIIe century. This production of pipes in clay prospered until the advent of the wood pipe (more resistants and more economics), towards 1870.

- THE CERAMIC :

The GAMBIER factory searching new openings turned towards the production of ceramic, in the second part of the XIXe century.

- THE GILBERT LEAD PENCIL:

Universally known, this factory was funded in 1829. For the sidelights on history, the wood which supports the lead in graphite was " Florida cedar ".

- THE PORT :

The Meuse was here, the station was built but to complete the fluvial and railway trafic, something important missed :

THE PORT

Le Port de la Ville de Givet
The port of GIVET in the 50 and 60's

Thousands and thousands tonnes of coal, wood, fathering, food, coke, metals, etc ..., were stocked and handled in this site.

The SANARA society occupied this part during numerous years, sending in transit thousands of cars from Europe to France. Today, the site of the port is reconverted into a centre of harbour activities.


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