Beuchat International
| Beuchat International SA
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| legal form | SA |
| founding | 1934 |
| Seat | Marseille , France |
| management | Youri Oualli, Director |
| sales | € 18.1 million (2016) |
| Website | www.beuchat.fr |
Beuchat International , mostly only known under the name Beuchat , was founded in 1934 and is now a globally known developer and manufacturer of underwater equipment .
history
In 1934, the descendant of a Swiss watch manufacturer, Georges Beuchat , founded Beuchat SA in Marseille. He was himself a diving pioneer and in 1948 was also a co-founder of the Français Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques (which later became CMAS international).
In 1953, Beuchat invented a diving suit and in 1964 fins , which for decades were the reference for all other diving equipment manufacturers. Beuchat also made a significant contribution to the history of underwater equipment with various other products.
Georges Beuchat sold the company to Álvarez de Toledo in 1982 , who in turn sold it to the Margnat family in 2002.
Important developments and events
- 1947: Tarzan (spearfishing harpoon)
- 1950: Tarzan (first camera body on the market)
- 1953: Beuchat's first diving suit
- 1958: Compensator (single-glass diving mask )
- 1960: Espadon (fins)
- 1963: Tarzan (diving suit)
- 1964: Jetfins (the world's first fins specially developed for divers. Within five years, over a million pieces of the original model were sold. These fins were for years the reference for all other manufacturers.)
- 1964: Souplair ( Beuchat's first regulator )
- 1975: Marlin (spearfishing harpoon)
- 1978: Atmos (regulator)
- 1985: Lyfty (collar buoyancy aid, forerunner of the buoyancy compensator )
- 1986: Aladin (a reference model for all subsequent dive computers sold a thousand times ; Beuchat was significantly involved in this development of Uwatec )
- 1990: Takeover of the Cavalero company
- 1993: Oceane ( BC )
- 1998: CX1 (Beuchat's first dive computer)
- 2001: Mundial (spearfishing fins)
- 2007: Focea Comfort II (diving suit)
- 2007: Power Jet (fins)
- 2008: Masterlift Voyager (BC)
- 2009: VR 200 Evolution (regulator)
- 2009: 75th anniversary for which a line of diving suits with a retro look was produced
- 2010: Marlin Revolution (spearfishing harpoon)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Beuchat International Sa , infogroup, accessed: February 22, 2012
- ↑ BEUCHAT INTERNATIONAL SA (French), L'Institut Les Echos, accessed: March 28, 2018
- ↑ Company profile: Beuchat International , Messe Düsseldorf GmbH, accessed on February 22, 2012.