French manufacturers return to work

The company, part of the Trigano Group, has been on shutdown since 17 March because of the Covid-19 outbreak.

It says it plans to re-open “progressively” with the production system and delivery schedule altered to allow for more distance between workers and to allow workstations to be disinfected regularly.

The Pilote Group, meanwhile, has already restarted production for its upmarket Le Voyageur A-class brand, and for the Fiat van conversions that are sold in the UK as Danbury Avenirs.

The main Pilote and Bavaria production will also restart next week.

It says it plans to re-open “progressively” with the production system and delivery schedule altered

PeterBaber

Peter Baber is Reviews Editor of both Practical Motorhome and Practical Caravan. He has been reviewing motorhomes for the best part of a decade now. His first caravan reviews date back to the early 1990s when he first worked on Practical Caravan, before he embarked on a 20-year career in business journalism which saw him edit a wide variety of magazines, and launch a few too, including one that won an award. Although he enjoyed that, he always knew he wanted to come back. Peter reports on all the new models that make it to dealer forecourts each season, giving his judgement online and in magazine reviews. He has twice been shortlisted for a Caravan Writers Guild award. When he is not working, apart from going on motorhome trips himself (mostly local to where he lives in West Yorkshire, but also last year right across France) he likes trying to write novels, cooking, throwing the odd pot, and has just taken up tennis.