French - Wolber
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History
A first factory opened in 1898 in Levallois-Perret on a site of 1 110 m2, occupying 80 people.
A second factory opened in 1904 in Vailly-sur-Aisne. In 1910, it occupied 10 hectares and employed 400 workers. It was specialized in the manufacture of bicycle tires, its manufacture then reached 500,000 bandages per year.
Finally, a third factory opened in Soissons.
The house A. Wolber was awarded at the International Exhibition of Industries and Labor in Turin in 1911 with a gold medal for his tires.
During the First World War, the factories of Vailly-sur-Aisne and Soissons were largely destroyed.
In 1972, Wolber was bought by Michelin. The activity continued another 27 years, before the final closure of the Soissons site in 1999