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Live and work in Ambert Livradois-Forez
November 2022
Companies that are recruiting and the keys to settling in the area (housing, health, childcare, community life). A special programme recorded on the premises of the Favier group, in Bertignat, as part of Industry Week.
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Gauthier Fils doubles its workforce with the acquisition of Manutex
September 2022
Based in Vertolaye in the Puy-de-Dôme, Gauthier Fils took over Manutex, a manufacturer of narrow woven and braided textiles in Saint-Chamond, in the Loire, last July.
Saint-Chamond : Manutex taken over by the Gauthier group
September 2022
The takeover of the narrow woven and braided textile manufacturer based in Saint-Chamond doubles the workforce of the Puy-de-Dôme group.
Gauthier Group acquires Manutex
September 2022
The manufacturer of narrow woven and braided technical textiles from Saint-Chamond (Loire) is joining the Puydom group Gauthier, which is carrying out a third external growth operation.
Loire : Manutex acquired by Gauthier Fils
August 2022
The Puydomois industrialist Gauthier Fils is expanding its development prospects with the acquisition of Manutex.
La Montagne Entreprendre : Gauthier fils, a century-old company in its prime
July 2022
When Jean-Damien Gauthier inherited the family business, Gauthier Fils, based since 1872 in Vertolaye (Puy-de-Dôme), he could have had hundreds of doubts. He had none, and worked hard to bring the ancestral know-how of textile braiding to the top. And it is far from over.
La Montagne Entreprendre : Gauthier fils has just acquired Manutex in the Loire
July 2022
When he arrived at the head of the family business, based in Vertolaye (Puy-de-Dôme) since 1872, Jean-Damien Gauthier had no other objective than to continue what his predecessors had worked so hard to establish. 20 years later, between internal and external growth, the gamble has paid off.
le Tresseur – Braiding our laces
November 2021
Today Thibault Omerin invites you to discover how Le Tresseur laces are braided. In a small valley in the Auvergne, a short distance from the family factory where the same gestures have been made for decades, Thibault went to meet the company Gauthier Fils.
Gauthier Fils 1872 saga
October 2021
Jean-Damien GAUTHIER talks about the manufacture of laces and trimmings in the edition of “La France bouge” devoted to the shoe sector, on Europe 1 station.
A history woven together over 150 years
March 2021
In 2022, the Gauthier Fils braiding company, located in Vertolaye, will celebrate its 150th anniversary. A history that began in 1872 with silk milling and which has been part of the industrial heritage of the Livradois-Forez region for over a century.
Initiatives in our regions : Jean-Damien GAUTHIER, braiding in the Livradois-Forez Park
January 2021
The braiding industry in Livradois-Forez is a surprising industrial nugget, which offers opportunities: from clothing to protective sheaths resistant to very high temperatures, through the braiding of carbon fibre for unexpected uses, but also bungee cords, paragliding halyards, etc. Jean-Damien Gauthier bears witness to the dynamism of this industrial know-how between tradition and innovation.
Météo à la carte : they’ve been weaving since 1872
January 2021
In the Puy-de-Dôme, there is a company that has been making braided cords since 1872. Shoelaces, bracelets, ties of all kinds, they are present almost everywhere in our daily lives.
Meeting Jean-Damien Gauthier
October 2020
Le Vent à la française features Jean-Damien Gauthier in its first podcast episode.
Lifetime warranty on cords
September 2020
Gauthier Fils manufactures the cords for Le Vent à la Française : a 100% Auvergne collaboration based on many common values.
Ouest France : elastics have become just as valuable as fabric
May 2020
The demand for these strips exploded with the health crisis. Their production has sometimes increased tenfold !
La Montagne Entreprendre : the example of 8 artisans adapting to the health crisis
April 2020
They are craftsmen in the Puy-de-Dôme. During this period of crisis, they continue to work. Adapting. Even innovating. Some are struggling, others are overloaded. All are mobilised.
France 3 Auvergne Rhône-Alpes : In the Puy-de-Dôme, Gauthier Fils perpetuates artisanal know-how in the world of fashion
March 2019
Founded in 1872 in Vertolaye, in the heart of the Livradois-Forez regional nature park (Puy-de-Dôme), the Gauthier Fils company perpetuates its know-how and seduces the major fashion brands with its top of the range braids and cords.
Press Kit: The braids that weave
January 2019
A very complete economic report on the Ambert region, which focuses on the braiding specialists, with a portrait of the 7 leading companies in the market.
La Montagne Entreprendre : The secrets of luxury in Auvergne
May-june 2018
Recognised as a “sector of the future”, the luxury craft industry in Auvergne, in which Gauthier Fils plays an active role, is in good health and benefits from the recognition of the major French brands.
Actors of the economy – La Tribune : Ambert, world capital of industrial braiding
29 february 2016
Eight family businesses, which have become leaders in the braiding and cable sector, make the Ambert region one of the most industrialised areas in the region.
Le Journal de l’Eco : Recruiting in the Ambert region
12 october 2015
The Ambert Community of Municipalities is innovating by launching “the first edition of the Ambert Country Business Discovery Week”. A dynamic industrial area that is nevertheless struggling to recruit…
L’Usine Nouvelle : The Livradois-Forez, the country of the braid which has difficulty in hiring, shows itself in its best light
2 october 2015
This is a first for the Ambert basin, between Clermont-Ferrand (Puy-de-Dôme) and Saint-Etienne (Loire). The community of municipalities is launching “the first edition of the week of discovery of companies in the Ambert region”. The aim is to attract people to hire…
La Montagne Entreprendre : In this future great region, the Pays d’Ambert puts forward all its industrial know-how
30 september 2015
Tradition above all, in Vertolaye. At Gauthier Fils, serpentine is produced on century-old looms. Without losing sight of modernity…
Press kit : the Pays d’Ambert weaves its future
Autumn 2015
A complete dossier on the Pays d’Ambert’s economic basin, where a large place is given to the historical knitters
Auvergne : the saga of the Ambert weavers
Juliet 1999
In Ambert, the small town in the Puy-de-Dôme, a dozen companies make this town the French capital of braiding.
L’Usine Nouvelle : Ambert braiders accelerate their development
June 1995
With increases of 15 to 25%, braiding companies, both traditional and high-tech, are diversifying. A positive development for employment.