# Safran breaks ground on €80M turbine airfoil plant in Rennes

Safran officially broke ground on its new Safran Turbine Airfoils plant in Chartres-de-Bretagne near Rennes, France. The €80 million facility will produce 500,000 turbine airfoils per year for LEAP and M88 engines and employ 500 people.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2025-07-11
- Where: Chartres-de-Bretagne, Rennes, France
- Value: $87.2M (80.0M EUR)
- Jobs: 500
- Starts operating: Q1 2027
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 500,000 aubages per year
- Products: turbine airfoils, aubages de turbine
- Sectors: [Aerospace Components](https://endata.com/sectors/aerospace-components.md)

## Companies

- [Safran](https://endata.com/companies/1270.md)
- [Safran Aircraft Engines](https://endata.com/companies/3665.md)

## Sources

- [unidivers.fr](https://unidivers.fr/rennes-safran-avion/), 2025-07-12: "Nous sommes très heureux d'annoncer la création de Safran Turbine Airfoils sur un territoire dynamique et attractif."

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