Hermès has opened its latest leather goods factory.
Located in Riom in central France, the facility covers 7,000m2, and is the company’s 23rd leather goods factory in the country. It will house 250 craftsmen, plus 30 further people in management, human resources and logistics roles.
Riom forms a hub with the nearby Sayat leather goods factory, which has been producing leather goods for more than 20 years.
Since 2010, Hermès has opened 12 leather goods workshops across France. Three other projects are currently underway – in L’Isle d’Espagnac in Charente, Loupes in Gironde, and Charleville-Mézières in the Ardennes – for which recruitment and training are ongoing.
Hermès said it is dedicated to keeping the majority of its production in France through its 60 production and training sites and to developing its network of next to 300 stores in 45 countries.
The group employs 23,200 people worldwide, including 14,300 in France, of which nearly 7,300 are craftspeople.
