# Rafaut to invest €20M in new factory in Valenciennes

Rafaut is investing €20 million to build a new 10,000 m² production unit in the Rouvignies business park near Valenciennes, France. The 4.0 plant will produce large and complex aeronautical parts, including bomb bodies for national defense, and is expected to create more than 60 jobs by 2021.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-10-30
- Where: Rouvignies, near Valenciennes, Hauts-de-France, France
- Value: $23.0M (20.0M EUR)
- Jobs: 60
- Starts operating: 2021
- Status: announced
- Products: bomb bodies, large and complex aeronautical parts
- Sectors: [Aerospace Components](https://endata.com/sectors/aerospace-components.md)

## Companies

- [Rafaut](https://endata.com/companies/35195.md)

## Sources

- [nordfranceinvest.com](https://www.nordfranceinvest.com/news/rafaut-opens-a-next-generation-factory-in-valenciennes/), 2018-10-29: "So far heavy bomb bodies have always been imported from the United States."

---
Data from Endata (https://endata.com/). Announcements are summarized from public sources and may be incomplete; check the linked originals.