Loire-Atlantique Companies Highlighted at Evening Event

Electoral reserve obliges, the elected representatives of the Clisson Sèvre et Maine agglomeration community gave the floor to four managers or representatives of local businessesrather than promoting, which they cannot do, their actions regarding economic development, during this vow ceremony. Around the host Marlène Bourven, everyone was invited to talk about what distinguished them.

My little garage is getting bigger

Thus, Marine Carpentier-Mimaud, founder of Mon petit garage, Chateau-Thébaud, au early 2023came to talk about business creation. A precious testimony especially since she and her partner had very little money in their pockets.

4,000 euros. And again because we had tinkered with cars that we resold.

A leader delighted today to overwhelmed by repair requests and to learn about basic mechanics (one of the company’s particularities is that it organizes courses for beginners). And only by word of mouth.

We don’t even have a road sign on the neighboring departmental road (Aigrefeuille – Nantes), despite the recommendations.

Today, the workforce is 4, including three girls.

A singularity.

She advised “to believe in your dreams and not give up “. This almost happened when the couple couldn’t find premises.

One day, the city called us for a 200 m2 building. The ideal. Even if today, we are a little cramped, whereas, when we took the keys, we found it oversized.

She also did not hesitate to be supported by the business creation and takeover support platform, Ilas.

Définox cyclists in the spotlight

For her part, Jocelyn Douillard, real estate developer and local investor, shared her journey. Connoisseur of the territory, the former head of medical transportpraised “the dynamism of it” achieved “ thanks to ambitious entrepreneurs“. Precisely, he insisted on the fact to trust them when there is work to be done.

It’s great that it’s craftsmen from the sector who work on construction projects, for example.

He spoke in particular about his own, such as the rehabilitation of the industrial wasteland of Lacroix toys in the Tabari area of Clisson, transformed into a restaurant, nursery and business offices, and the three-star hotel opposite the station, opened very recently.

Specialist in stainless steel industrial valves, the company Definoxlocated in the Tabari area in Clissonwas invited to demonstrate its initiatives on home-work mobility. The one which employs 150 employees, a large part of whom are less than 15 km away, encouraged his staff to come by bike .

We have introduced an allowance (editor’s note: 0.25 euros per km) which allows those who come every day to obtain a bonus of 300 euros per year. There are around thirty of them, some of whom work in teams.

In total on 2025these are7 000 km by car that were avoided.

More than money, it is the health benefits that are highlighted. Several told us that they did not understand how they had managed to come by car for 15 years. And that they wouldn’t do it again for anything in the world because the bike feels so good.

The company has also implemented another allowance valued for carpooling.

The Girardeau flour mill changes fuel

Finally, the minoterie Girardeau came to speak ecological transition. CSR (corporate social responsibility) manager of the company Boussay Simon Devineau spoke about collaboration with the agricultural association movement For an agriculture of life, which promotes agroecology. It is a cereal sector that does not use any inputswhich respects the soil (little plowing, plant cover… The executive, who arrived two years ago, also expressed the transition of half of the fleet of 19 heavy goods vehicles to bioethanol.A fuel from beet cultivation which causes other disadvantages.

The president of the urban community, Jean-Guy Cornu, concluded the evening by hoping for more“political visibility at national level to fill order books”. But without a law on administrative simplification, “at the risk that 2026 will become more complex”.

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