Albert-Pierre Raymond

1865

Founding act of the Maison Raymond, ALLEGRE & GUTTIN

Albert-Pierre Raymond, a young 24-year old mechanic, Hippolyte-Benoît Allègre, an engraver, and Alexandre Guttin, a gilder, form a partnership to use the first patent for a glove fastener.

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Founding act of the Maison RAYMOND, ALLEGRE & GUTTIN

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Black and white Picture of Albert-Pierre Raymond

1868

The RG trademark

Hippolyte-Benoît Allègre leaves. The two partners Raymond & Guttin submit the RG trademark, seen to this day on ARaymond™ products.

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Boots press-studs brochure

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Ink stamp, acronym "RG" and "button and metal parts manufacturer"

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Three trademarks with the mention "require one of these brand on our products"
 

1872

Invention of the helix hook for lace-up shoes

Raymond & Guttin's first success!

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Golden helix hook

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Poster explaining the way to use the helix hook solution for lace-up shoes

1875

The company is established at 113 Cours Berriat in Grenoble

With his fortune made, Albert-Pierre Raymond has the family home built there in the Art Nouveau style (A.Raymond Group's headquarters 100 years later), then a replica for his son Achille, in the Art Déco style.

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Picture of the Historical ARaymond manufacture located in Grenoble

1879

The company becomes a SCS (Limited Partnership)

The legal status of co-entrepreneurs is chosen by Raymond & Guttin to protect and secure the future of the business. Still current in 2015, it demonstrates the Raymond family's commitment to entrepreneurship.

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The legal status of the ARaymond SCS (Limited Partnership)

1886

Invention of the press-stud

Glove-makers are looking for a more practical system than the sewn-on button and buttonhole, whilst still keeping the look of a traditional button. Albert-Pierre Raymond invents the ""new spring stud-fastener"" or ""press-stud"". Immediate global success.

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Engraved spring button/ press-stud
 

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Engraved spring button/ press-stud
 

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Four engraved press-studs for "Au bon marché Paris", "Gants Nicolet Paris", "Selfridge London"

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A pair of white leather gloves with engraved press-stud "Gants Jouvin"

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A close-up on the engraved press-stud "Gants Jouvin"

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Twelve different kinds (colors and size) of press-stud for gloves

1890

The A.Raymond Factory is created

This transfer marks the birth of the A.Raymond Factory, a family business from that moment on. It is the beginning of a line of heirs who will all be entrepreneurs and whose first names all begin with the letter A!

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Adverstising for a press-stud

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Albert Raymond in front of the historical family mansion

1898

Creation of the German subsidiary in Lörrach in the Baden region

To protect the intellectual property rights of the patents covering the invention of the press-stud, Achille Raymond is in charge of setting up the site in Germany with a close colleague, Louis Molinard, who will run the German company up until 1914.

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ARaymond historical building in Lörrach

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Louis Molinard 
 

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Logo of ARaymond Lörrach (Germany)

1900

A successful start to the 20th century

Grand Prix at the 1900 Universal Exhibition in Paris for the corozo press-stud "figurines".

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Corozo press-stud "figurines"
 

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Poster of the "Grand Prix" Paris Expo in 1900
 

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Illustration of the Lörrach Factory

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A product display with differents press-stud Araymond

1903

Invention of the spring turnstile

First steps into the automobile industry with shell and upholstery fasteners and especially the invention of the turnstile, the second invention to have global success.

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A product display with differents press-stud Araymond
 

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Product display with spring turnstile 

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 War prisoner national association card of Albert Raymond 

1913

Death of Albert-Pierre Raymond

Tribute is unanimously paid to the man and the entrepreneur. The company now employs 400 people in Grenoble and 50 in Lörrach.

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An extract of "Alpes Pittoresques". Tribute for the captain of industry  Albert Raymond