Tupperware, Joué les Tours, France
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member celene37
N 47° 19.970 E 000° 39.870
31T E 323551 N 5244796
(fr) Tupperware le fabricant de boites en plastique. (eng) Tupperware the manufacturer of plastic boxes.
Waymark Code: WMXVVB
Location: Centre-Val-de-Loire, France
Date Posted: 03/04/2018
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member bluesnote
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Tupperware

Fr: Tupperware Brands Corporation est une firme transnationale américaine produisant des boîtes en plastique et d'autres outils de cuisine, la plupart fabriqués à l'aide d'un procédé d'injection plastique.
La société fut fondée en 1946 par l'ingénieur américain Earl Tupper, inventeur du bol hermétique en polyéthylène.
La firme a développé un type de vente particulier : la « démonstration-vente à domicile ».
L'usine de fabrication Tupperware de joué les Tours date de 1973 .
L'usine se spécialise, dans les années 1980, dans la production de produits compatibles micro-ondes. Dans les années 1990, les produits sont améliorés en termes de design et matériaux utilisés.
Le 19 octobre 2017, Tupperware annonce la fermeture de son usine à Joué-lès-Tours et la suppression consécutive de 235 emplois effective en 2018

En:Originally the place was an acetylene storage room, It was acquired by the common dec Joué Tours for firefighters.
Firefighters put fire pumps in there.
From this period there remains the word barracks on the building,
In March 2001, the new rescue center of the Monts road took over from the old barracks, old and with precarious comfort.

In May 2003, after six months of work, the barracks opened to a second life, dedicated to the visual arts: La Caserne became a cultural place, center of creation and residence as well as place of exhibition.
The Tupperware manufacturing facility played The Towers dates from 1973.
The factory specializes in the 1980s in the production of microwave compatible products. In the 1990s, the products are improved in terms of design and materials used.
On October 19, 2017, Tupperware announces the closure of its plant in Joué-lès-Tours and the consequent deletion of 235 jobs effective in 2018

Product manufactured here: bowls, airtight plastic boxes and other kitchen tools

Address:
Route de Monts
Joué les Tours, centre France
37300


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