Created in 1990, the eyewear manufacturer is increasingly using natural materials to produce its frames.
Nantes
In the industrial wasteland of Bas-Chantenay, the manufacturing workshop adjoins the Loire and the “Black Crane”, one of the vestiges of shipbuilding in Nantes. The eyewear manufacturer MB Production was born there, in 1990, when France still had nearly 200 eyewear manufacturers. After relocations to China or Italy, which largely dominate the market, there are now around twenty eyewear manufacturers in France, mainly in the Jura and in Ain, who are experiencing a second youth thanks to the wave of ” made in France”.
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“Making our hole was not complicatedrecounts the Nantes native Pierre Maiche, 59, co-founder with Frédéric Beausoleil, of MB Production. We have always endeavored to make small series of 100 to 800 high-end or upper-mid-range pieces. We remain between craftsmanship and high-precision industry.”
Complex manufacturing process
MB Production is the only remaining manufacturer of the West facade. The Nantes-based SME with 18 employees plans to increase its turnover by 1…
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