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INVESTING IN LUXURY CRAFTSMANSHIP

As part of efforts to support regional job creation and further investments in luxury craftsmanship, Hermès has inaugurated a new leather goods workshop on Loupes.

The company plans for this workshop to employ 260 artisans, trained at the École Hermès des savoir-faire apprenticeship training centre.

Apprentices are taught the“ techniques of excellence in leatherworking” by the company’ s master artisans and are awarded the vocational diploma in leatherworking and the professional qualification certificate for cutting professions. This will be Hermès’ sixth leather goods and saddlery production site in the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

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