Albert-Pierre Raymond
1865
Founding act of the Maison RAYMOND, ALLEGRE & GUTTIN
Grenoble, glove-making capital of the world.
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.
1868
The RG trademark
Hippolyte-Benoît Allègre leaves. The two partners Raymond & Guttin submit the RG trademark, seen to this day on ARaymond™ products.
1872
Invention of the helix hook for lace-up shoes
Raymond & Guttin's first success!
1875
The company is established at113 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.
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.
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.
1890
The A.Raymond Factory is created
Alexander Guttin sells his stake to Albert-Pierre Raymond. 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!
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.
1900
A successful start to the 20th century
Grand Prix at the 1900 Universal Exhibition in Paris for the corozo press-stud "figurines".
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.
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.
Achille Raymond
