Armor Lux
| Bonneterie D'Armor | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Société par actions simplifiée |
| founding | 1938 |
| Seat | Quimper |
| management | Jean-Guy Le Floc'h |
| Number of employees | 550 |
| sales | 95 million euros (2014) |
| Branch | Clothing industry |
| Website | http://www.armorlux.com |
| Status: 2015 | |
Armor Lux ( Breton armor = coast; Latin lux = light, homophone to French luxe = luxury) is the brand name under which the Breton company Bonneterie D'Armor operates and sells its products. Armor Lux is primarily active in the clothing industry. The company is based in Quimper . The company was founded in 1938 by the German-Swiss Walter Hubacher as a factory for jersey days . In 1993 it was taken over by Jean-Guy Le Floc'h. The main product and trademark of the company are traditionally fisherman's or sailor shirts ( Marinières ): long-sleeved shirts made of elastic cotton (interlock) with maritime stripes in blue and white and a boat neckline . Armor Lux manufactures in Brittany as well as outside Europe, for example in Tunisia and Morocco .
The annual turnover in 2014 was € 95 million (2013: € 100 million). About 90% of sales are achieved through domestic sales. The company produces 40% of its collections in three plants in France, around half of which at two production sites in Quimper. Armor Lux employs 550 people and has over 60 company-owned stores worldwide. The products are sold in these as well as in department stores .
Since the mid-1990s, the company is also active in the field of clothing and has since 2004, among others, the French Post Office , the National Police , the region Brittany and the Paris airports equipped with working clothes. Since 2014 it has also been supplying the uniforms for the national railway company SNCF .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ General Terms and Conditions. Armor Lux, accessed October 9, 2015 .
- ↑ a b Philippe Gloaguen, et al .: Le Routard - Le guide de la visite d'entreprise . No. 79/0425/0 . Hachette Livre, Vanves 2016, ISBN 978-2-01-323703-1 , pp. 71 .
- ^ A b Bonneterie d'Armor: Company Information. In: Bloomberg Business . Retrieved October 9, 2015 .
- ^ A b Armor Lux non grata à la region Bretagne. In: Liberation . June 28, 2015, accessed October 9, 2015 (French).
- ↑ Key figures. Armor Lux, accessed October 9, 2015 .
- ^ Made in France: Armor Lux. In: Le Journal du Dimanche . July 22, 2012, accessed October 9, 2015 (French).
- ↑ Les agents de la SNCF s'habillent désormais en Armor Lux. In: Le Figaro . December 18, 2014, accessed October 9, 2015 (French).