The most modern shoe factory in the world opens in Ardèche

It's the return of large-scale shoe production in France, and it's happening in Ardèche! The ASF 4.0 factory of the textile group Chamatex was inaugurated in Ardoix, and should, according to its managers, be "the most modern sports shoe factory in the world". After a year of work and 10 million euros of investment , the ultramodern factory ASF 4.0 - for 'Advanced Shoe Factory' thus enables the Chamatex group to succeed in its bet: to relocate the manufacture of sports shoes in France, and thus compete with Asia. first Salomon brand sports shoes will be produced, Captiv models, which should be marketed no later than January 2022. Many recruitments should be made by 2022.

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