In March 2000, Gillette France left the lakeside town for good, less than ten years after having ceased production there. However, in half a century, the American company has left an indelible mark on the minds of its employees as well as those of Annecy.
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Ct is a time that the under 20s cannot know. Annecy, as it approached the turn of the 21st century, was definitely turning the page with one of its industrial flagships: Gillette. ”
It was a flagship company in Annecy in the 30 Glorieuses, one of the largest employers in the Annecy basin
», Recalls Michel Odesser*, member of the Friends of Old Annecy association.
Indeed, at the best of its period, the Boston firm, located on avenue de Genève, employed up to 1,350 people in 1983. Paradoxically, the 1980s symbolized the swansong of a company that marked its time.
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