From its origins to its development |
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| 1951 | - Henri Mermet founds the company which will bear his name. |
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1971 1973 |
- His three sons, Gérard, Guy and Georges, join the company. |
| 1974 | - The company establishes its presence on the wall coverings market. |
| 1976 | - The company becomes interested in the solar protection market with fabrics for vertical blinds. At the same time, the glass fabric finishing activity began. |
| 1981 | - Mermet purchases the Sunscreen® brand. |
From commercial globalisation... |
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| 1982 | - The Export growth in Europe and in the United States. |
| 1986 | - Mermet takes over TPS (Textiles et Plastiques Soudés), a company making up panels for blinds. |
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1986 1997 |
- Subsidiaries are created in the USA and Australia, and offices are established in Spain and China. |
| 1993 | - Mermet obtains ISO 9001 certification for its quality management. |
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1996 1997 |
- Mermet acquires a license which will enable to incorporate yarn coating in its production process. |
| 1998 | - Mermet Industries is listed on the Second Market at the Paris Stock Exchange and adopts a new visual identity (logo). |
| 1999 | - The company purchases the decoration branch of the Dickson Group with its major brand Saint Frères® which will become the Mermet Decoration Department. |
... to industrial globalisation |
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2000 |
- The Mermet Weaving production site is established in the USA. |
| 2002 | - Mermet creates a warping subsidiary called Warptek LLC in the United States. |
| 2004 | - The Lesura® brand is sold off. |
| 2005 |
- The Hunter Douglas Group acquires the Mermet Group. - Saint Gobain Renforcements concludes a commercial agreement through its subsidiary Euromur with Hunter Douglas Group for the wall coverings line of business. |
| 2006 |
- Opening of Mermet India office (within ERAI structure) Mermet sets up 2 coating lines in Veyrins for a totally integrated production. |
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