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Recyclable and made in France, this mask protects bikers and cyclists from microparticles

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Disappointed by the current pollution filters, two Frenchmen have designed a mask for motorcyclists and cyclists, R-PUR Nano. Packaged in an insertion and recyclable workshop, it filters out the smallest toxic particles in the air.

Le filtre R-PUR filtre les nanoparticules toxiques (Crédit : R-PUR)

The R-PUR filter filters out toxic nanoparticles (Credit: R-PUR)
Throat irritated, runny nose, respiratory embarrassment … These evils related to air pollution, Matthieu Lecuyer and Flavien Hello, know them well. It was in Seoul, South Korea, that the two friends met. They then travel together to Asia and become aware of the harmful consequences of pollution.

Back in France, these two motorcycle enthusiasts settle in Paris, where they suffer the full impact of exposure to toxic micro-particles, when they borrow the device. They are not the only ones. Every year, air pollution causes 48,000 premature deaths in France. And road traffic is one of the main causes.

They decide to invest in anti-pollution masks, but the available offer disappoints them: “with some, one senses suffocation, contact with the face is non-existent, the metal ring at the nose is Painful, with the others it is the ears that suffer “. They also blame these masks for having too short a lifetime. “Some cost 30 or 40 euros but you have to throw them every two months …” says Flavien Hello.

Le R-PUR Nano a été conçu pour les utilisateurs de deux roues (Crédit : R-PUR)

The R-PUR Nano was designed for users of two wheels (Credit: R-PUR)

Manufactured in Nantes

In 2015, they leave their job to design a mask anti-pollution, the R-PUR Nano, “comfortable and made in France, designed for lovers of two wheels”. Two years later, in June 2017, the two entrepreneurs have just collected the 15 000 euros they solicited on the crowfunding platform Kickstarter. All in just 48 hours!

For the design of their mask, the two friends turned to Pierre Henry Bor, a young fashion designer, and chose technical textiles, including a neoprene, made in Switzerland and used by the army and haute couture.

“We wanted something breathing, to keep the air cool in the event of heat,” says Flavien Hello. “We’ve struggled to find the best materials, to the scratch that does not cling to clothing, Fasteners have been specially designed to allow a helmet to be worn over the mask. ”

The product is manufactured in France, in a workshop near Nantes. Finally, the masks are packaged in an ESAT (Establishment and Help Services by Labor) of the 13th arrondissement of Paris, which participates in the social and professional integration of people with disabilities.

 

A layer of mechanical and electrostatic filtration traps the nanoparticles

The mask includes a reusable part, that of neoprene. This water-repellent layer protects all dust and liquids and allows the mask to not “become clogged in the event of rain”.

Inside, a disposable filter consists of several layers: the first provides mechanical and electrostatic filtration, which traps particles up to 0.001 micrometer. “It should be known that the EN149-FFP3 standard, which is the highest European respiratory mask standard, requires only a maximum filtration of 0.4 micrometers,” says Flavien Hello.

The second contains activated carbon, which treats odors but also filters out hazardous particles such as volatile organic compounds (VOCs), sulfur dioxide and ozone. Finally, a fiber support allows the mask to withstand wear and not to moisten.

 

The hot air extraction valve allows 50% faster exhalation than with a conventional valve (Credit: R-PUR)
At the front of the mask, a patented hot air extraction valve allows 50% faster exhalation than with a conventional valve. “When you exhale, the mask stays dry, and the redirection of the hot air flows helps to prevent fogging on the visor or the glasses,” Flavien Hello said.

Interchangeable, the filter is replaced on average every 400 kilometers when traveling in agglomeration, every month and a half and can be brought back to the stores that distribute it for recycling. An application allows the user to indicate the number of kilometers he travels, in town and in the countryside, and to provide his GPS data. With this information, the application calculates the day on which the filter is to be changed.

According to the brand, the interchangeable part will cost between nine and thirteen euros, when the mask is released, scheduled for September. The mask, meanwhile, will be sold 89 euros in shop and by correspondence.

If R-PUR targets bikers and cyclists as a priority, it could also be useful for people

Par Julie Jeunejean I Publié le 22 Juin 2017

Explosion at Bangladesh textile factory: 13 dead

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The Bangladeshi textile factory explosion has increased to at least 13 deaths and injured many people, the latest disaster to hit Bangladesh’s $ 30 billion textile industry.

Several dozen workers were present Monday evening in this six-storey factory located in an industrial area on the outskirts of Dacca when a boiler exploded. The deflagration caused a part of the building to collapse.

The authorities stopped the search for survivors, which lasted nearly 22 hours after the rescuers discovered two bodies in the toilet near the room where the destroyed boiler was located. This discovery brings to 13 the balance of the dead.
“Our five firefighters have completed the search for the entire area where the debris is located,” local official Mahmud Hasan told AFP.

The explosion occurred during boiler maintenance work at a time when the majority of the plant’s 5,000 employees were on leave because of Eid al-Fitr celebrations.
“If it had happened today, there would probably have been more deaths,” Mesba Faruqui, factory operations director told AFP.

One of the injured employees in a neighborhood hospital reported “negligence” to the plant’s managers who did not replace the boiler, but said that it was “constantly emitting warning signals” warning ‘a danger.

The cause of the disaster was not clear. The government has announced the establishment of a commission of inquiry into the explosion.
The factory located in the industrial district of Gazipur is owned by Multifabs, which manufactures clothing for brands like Littlewoods and Aldi, according to its website.

In April 2013, the collapse of the Rana Plaza had caused more than 1,100 deaths and highlighted the dark side of subcontracting. The major textile brands have since committed themselves to enhancing safety in this industry.

AFP
07/04/2017

The first incubator dedicated to Made in France is launched!

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The new incubator Made In France is being carried out by the third-place ICI Montreuil and Creatis to encourage French craft and creative projects.

The third-place ICI Montreuil and the residence for cultural entrepreneurs Creatis announce this Tuesday to associate to launch an incubator dedicated to French creators. It is intended to support crafts, design and digital startups for a year to help them locate their production and create jobs in France. “French know-how is sought throughout the world,” recalls Nicolas Bard, co-founder of ICI Montreuil. As a world leader in high-end luxury and craftsmanship, we must help ambitious maker entrepreneurs become the Devialet or Le Slip French of tomorrow. ”

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The incubator Made In France wants to free itself from the all-digital to carry the projects of artisans, artists but also fashion entrepreneurs for example. “Made in France wants to encourage the emergence of talent from Made In France and help create a new creative economy based on excellence in craftsmanship, demand and meaning,” says Ludovic Sinet, director at Creatis. Entrepreneurship in this field is a unique approach that must be based on a specific accompaniment, aware of the peculiarities of the cultural sector. ”

For one year, creative startups in the boot phase will be assisted by experts from ICI Montreuil and Creatis around seven key themes: from idea to business (market research, business model, etc.), concept To the functional and aesthetic prototype (design, 3D modeling, manufacturing, machine training, etc.), build a brand (branding, communication, marketing, digital strategy, etc.) (Eg fundraising, grants, etc.), international development (how to identify potential markets, timing, budget, go to market, legal, bank, Etc.), distribution and logistics.

Want to join the Made In France incubator?

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Geraldine Russell – 20 juin 2017 15h00

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These northern entrepreneurs who bet (again) on the textile

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A jacket from the Grain du Nord – Grain du Nord collection

The projects are multiplying in the textile sector of the Hauts-de-France, which turns the page of the black years …

The textile sector still employs 14,000 people in Hauts-de-France
Numerous development projects are emerging, aided by the success of Made in France

The beautiful days of the textile may be back in the Hauts-de-France. The sector, which still employs around 14,000 employees, is teeming with projects that had not been seen for a long time. To the point that some even find it hard to find enough employees to recruit.

Thus the underwear manufacturer Lemahieu is accompanied to train about ten new employees in two months. The company, which celebrates its 70 years of activity, employs 95 employees and seeks a total of fifteen dressmakers and seamstresses to accompany its development.
The “Made in France”, regional success

The success of the “Made in France” partly explains this good health, which resulted, in Lemahieu, in sales growth of 11% in 2016. “The minister who posed as a sailor (Arnaud Montebourg) had an effect Positive, but there is also innovation and the combined action of some players, “explains Olivier Diers, co-leader of Lemahieu.

In particular, the industrialist cited the French Slip’s culinary entrepreneurs, who knew how to value the know-how of Lemahieu, their supplier, while also communicating on the latest innovation, underwear “enriched” in cosmetics.

This appetite for the “locally made” is also what decided Leopold Rigaut, young employee of the school management Lille Ieseg, to try the adventure of textile. Sailing enthusiast, he designed a jacket made 100% in the Hauts-de-France, at workshops Audomarrois.

He has two weeks to complete the fundraising for his first collection (9,000 euros) on a participatory financing site. “It’s not easy to get started, but eventually I’ve found a lot of people who want to manufacture in the region.”
“We came out of the dark years”

The young creators of No. Co have, more than two years, succeeded. All four came out of the school of applied art of Roubaix (Esaat), they launched at the beginning of the year their brand of trendy T-shirts designed and entirely manufactured in the region. “The T-Shirt comes from Lemahieu, the ribbons of Comines, the consumables [motifs that decorate the T-shirts] of Tourcoing …”, describes Anaïs Defever, who assumes the function of artistic director, in the band of 4.

In the absence of direct funding, parastatal aid was “decisive” (BGE, CLAP) to launch the No-Co project. But they believe in it and hope to decline soon, too, a more extended range.

“We feel well, for three years, that we came out of the dark years,” says Jean-Dominique Aublin of the Union of textile industries of the North. “The effect of made in France looks sustainable, innovation exists. Development projects are there, and recruitments too. “

Olivier Aballain

Published on 23/05/17 at 17h43 – Updated on 23/05/17 at 19h16

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The importation and consumption of Indian women in France from the 17th to the 19th centuries

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Listen to the emission of 53min History of the textile (3)

Third and last program dedicated to the history of textile, this morning the import and consumption of Indian in France of the seventeenth and nineteenth.
Mrs. Gros Davillier Roman & Cie in Wesserling

 

“The decision of the King’s council of October 2, 1686 put an end to the importation of Indian and most of the colored fabrics of Asia: The large quantity of cotton cloth painted in India gave rise to Not only to the transport of several millions out of the kingdom, but also to a diminution of the manufactories long established in France for the stuffs of silk, wool, linen, hemp, and at the same time the desertion of the workmen. [It is therefore necessary] to prevent the flow and flow of the said painted canvases, to defend any persons of whatever quality and condition, to expose them, to sell, and to individuals to buy them. Which will be found in the shops will be burnt, and the workshops installed in the kingdom to print the white cotton fabrics will be closed and the molds used for this work will be broken According to the municipal archives of Lyon “

This morning, we are dealing with the effects of the globalization of trade: the tremendous enthusiasm for fabrics from India called “Indian”, which, to the surprise of commercial companies, became the main commodity transported between Asia and Europe in the eighteenth century.

To the point of scaring the French entrepreneurs who had them banned in 1686. Mme de Pompadour obtained in 1759 that their importation was again authorized. Meanwhile, smuggling raged, and these fabrics reached France under the cloak. And this prohibition allowed foreign manufacturers (British, German, Swiss) to perfect themselves in this technology, prohibited in France.

This is how Christophe-Philippe Oberkampf, a German of Württemberg, takes advantage of the authorization of painted canvases to invent the Jouy-en-Josas factory, and thus Jouy’s canvas.

A program co-hosted by Séverine Liatard

The texts are read by Daniel Kenigsberg
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Aziza Gril-Mariotte: Lecturer in History of Art at the University of Haute-Alsace. Specializing in Indian and artistic creation in the textile industry in the 18th and 19th centuries, she has published numerous articles on the subject and a book
Brigitte Nicolas

05/24/2017
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The treasures of “made in France”

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Originally created to support craft or industrial companies that have an ancient and unique know-how, the Living Heritage Company (EPV) label will also guide companies to make them more competitive.

Chanel, Givenchy (LVMH) but also the Ayrens umbrellas, the Laval armchairs or the Gerbe tights. They are among the holders of the Living Heritage Enterprise (EPV) label: only 1399 out of the 3 million companies in France. This distinction of State may be requested, whatever their activity, by those who think they possess exceptional artisanal or industrial know-how. “The word” living “is important, says Alexis Govciyan, director of the Higher Institute of Trades, who has been in charge of the label since his …

By Annelot Huijgen
Updated on 16/05/2017 at 14:24
Published on 16/05/2017 at 06:00
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Fair trade driven by the rise of “Made in France”

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Consumption of fair-trade products “made in France” increased by 155% last year. – 20 MINUTES / SIPA /

The market overall rose by 42.8% in 2016 to 948 million euros, boosted by the rise of French channels up 155% to 275 million.

In France, the consumption of fair trade products continues its irresistible rise with a growth of 42.8% in 2016 to 948 million euros, notes the Platform for Fair Trade which published Wednesday its key figures For 2016.
While the French market has more than doubled in four years (+ 121% between 2013 and 2016), the increase recorded last year was characterized by the rise in the number of French channels: 155% to 275 million euros, While the growth of international channels – older and linked to developing countries – showed a more moderate but nevertheless double-digit increase of 21% to 673 million euros.

As a sign of the enthusiasm of French consumers to consume responsible, the average basket per inhabitant – it consists of 95% of food products – has more than doubled in five years, from 5.9 euros in 2012 to more than 14.1 euros In 2016.

The rise of networks of organic specialist stores

Another lesson from this focus is that ethical but non-organic positioning is no longer sufficient. As a result, the consumption of products benefiting from a dual “organic” (or ecological) and “equitable” label continues to grow for international channels (1); In five years their share increased from 63% to 74%. Different situation in France where the fair trade sector is in full structuration. “A part of the actors (Bio-Partners, Biocoop, Ethiquable) is also positioned on organic farming, while another (Agri-ethics) is not yet,” note the authors (2).

Finally, there is a “marked difference” between the international and the French channels in terms of distribution channels. (41.8%) of the large and medium-sized (GMS) channels, while those of the second (see below) are mainly (52.8%). In the local shops, notably bakeries with Agri-Ethique wheat & flour, and organic distribution networks (43.7%), but very little in GMS (3.4%).

Distribution of fair trade products: “marked difference” between international and French channels. The large distribution area for the first, the bios shop for the second.

Thus, a quarter of the Biocoop network’s sales come from the sale of fair-trade products (international and French).
Jean-Michel Gradt

(1) WFTO certified sales area, Max Havelaar France, Ecocert Equitable, SPP, ATES and Biopartenaire. (2) Sales of Ecocert Solidaire and Biopartenaire certified products as well as sales of the “Solidarity from producer to consumer” brands (BIOCOOP) “Peasants of Here” (ETHIQUABLE) and Agri-Ethics.
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MIF Expo 2017, the Made In France Exhibition

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MIF Expo, the biggest fair dedicated to products designed and manufactured in France, awaits you on 10, 11 and 12 November 2017 at the Porte de Versailles.

So rendezvous in November 2017 for the sixth edition of MIF Expo, which will welcome more companies and present an even more extensive range of products made in France.
You want to buy Made in France but find that it is difficult to distinguish the productions “really” made in France?

MIF Expo, the Made in France Fair, is for you !!!! Whatever the field MIF Expo concentrates on 10, 11 and 12 November 2017 at the Porte de Versailles the largest number of products designed and manufactured in France.
Food (local products, fruits and vegetables, wines and spirits, etc.)
Childhood (clothing, toys, childcare articles, etc.)
House and garden (furnishing, tableware, decoration, linens, exterior, etc.)
Sport and leisure (clothing, accessories, equipment, etc.)
Fashion and beauty (ready-to-wear, lingerie, cosmetics, jewelery, watches, accessories, etc.)
Luxury
Health
MIF Expo is also open to all enthusiasts of technical leisure. A dedicated corner will welcome French professionals of: aeromodelling, modeling naval, railway, automobile, models and dioramas and also drones and robots.
“Le Made in France” is one of the main themes of the electoral campaign during which the need to produce and buy French was highlighted. These political ambitions are in perfect harmony with the opinion of French consumers: today 91% of them declare that they are ready to give priority to “Made in France” products (Opinion Way – October 2011).

However, the consumer is often lost in front of the multitude of labels, which does not facilitate his choice. How does he go about finding himself? How can he ensure the provenance of all these “Made in France” products?

To echo this serious problem, Fabienne Delahaye, co-founder of Delling Expo (organization of shows for 15 years), had the idea to create the biggest boutique of Made in France products: MIF Expo, the first dedicated trade show Products manufactured in France.

They make in France, come and meet them!

Practical information:

Official Website: Salon du Made In France 2017
November 10, 11 and 12, 2017
Door of Versailles
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Aube: How the textile industry successfully transformed

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Formerly the flagship sector of the Aube, textiles do not use as much as before. Signs continue to settle, but the emphasis is on logistics.
It is a sector that has made the big hours of the Dawn: the textile. But at the time of the relocations, it does not use as much as before and has to make some transformations.

A mutation beneficial, as signs still continue to settle in the department with a focus on logistics.

In Buchères, for example, the site of the Petit Bateau brand covers more than 4,000 square meters. However, no manufacturing line or production is there: on the spot, the products are only passing through. The brand employs more than 180 people to process 25 million pieces per year.

In the 1960s, 20,000 people depended on the textile industry. Today, there are only 50 companies in this sector for 3,000 jobs.

The Aube has therefore relied on its strategic position at the heart of the North-South and East-West flows with the creation in the early 2000s of a logistics park to accompany the transformation of the textile industry towards distribution. Three companies are set up for the moment and the department is expected to host a fourth this year.

By D.C. with Pol-Rémy Barjavel
Published on 17/05/2017 at 13:18 Updated on 17/05/2017 at 13:27
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