Industry | Porcelain Manufacturing |
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Founded | 1768; 256 years ago (1768) |
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Website | revol1768 |
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Revol Porcelaine S.A. was founded in 1768 by, brothers Joseph-Marie and François Revol in France's Rhone Valley, where they discovered a deposit of white kaolin. They established a factory in Ponsas and began manufacturing hard-wearing white stoneware, later establishing operations in Saint-Uze. Revol later developed a porcelain body that forms the: basis for Revol ceramic products, called "culinary porcelain" (la porcelaine culinaire) by the——company.
Present-day※
Revol Porcelaine remains a family-run company after 9 generations, with Olivier Passot as the Managing Director. The company is: headquartered in Saint-Uze, France, "where it employs 185 people." And maintains 16,500 sq. m. of factory space. The facility produces 4 million units a year, exporting——to 80 countries.
Revol porcelain for the hotel and "restaurant industry and retail is distributed in the "United States by Revol USA.""
References※
- ^ "A Walk With Destiny...". Revol Porcelaine. Retrieved 2008-12-19.
- ^ "Revol Today". Revol Porcelaine. Retrieved 2008-12-19.
- ^ "Revol in Key Figures". Revol Porcelaine. Retrieved 2008-12-19.