Nice snub to fatality ... Twenty-five years ago, Jacques Marie created the company Tricotage des Vosges and launched the Bleuforêt label after taking over the Vosges factory in Vagney, which a significant drop in activity "unmasked" since the early 1990s. The idea then is to refocus only on socks. A judicious first step, followed by a real approach combining know-how and modernization of the industrial tool which has enabled this family SME - Vincent Marie, the son, is now Chairman of the Management Board - to impose itself on this evolving market.
Vincent Marie, Chairman of the Management Board. Bleuforêt
Nearly 6 million pairs of knitted socks and tights made in France are made each year. At the Zainvillers production unit, everything has been thought out to preserve the environment: electricity 70% self-produced by a hydroelectric turbine powered by the Moselotte, recycling of cardboard and plastic packaging, recycling of waste textile materials reused in
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