Imagine your success
Imagine a firm Constantly reinventing its story to better create its present. At Denis & Fils, every day, the values of growth, innovation and performance are based on its original principles of know-how and quality. If the company is now a European leader incandles, it is because it has alwaysinvested more in tools and employees to offer collections in phase with market requirements and trends. We keep this flame lit creation after creation while rigidly keeping up a sense of invention, duty, continuous questioning and dialog with our customers and partners.
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Founded in 1902 by Jules Denis and initially located in the town of Clisson, the company has been growing ever since. After acquiring the “Le Chat” brand in 1961, it moved to its current site in 1977 and continued to invest at a sustained rate. It has recently installed 4 new robotised production lines that are unique in France.
Imagine a know-how Innovation Innovate, but not at any price. Therefore, our integrated research and development laboratory ensures that each new product ever more respects the environment. This durable approach is based on intelligent management of resources and the constant search for more natural, and therefore less polluting, raw materials. Finally, constant monitoring in partnership with institutes such as REACH and IFRA completes this exemplary policy in terms of social responsibility.
Methods and controls Become a little more perfect every day: that is the objective that each Denis & Fils colleague keeps permanently in mind. Using a very strict control process, which won it 3 stars on its ISO 26000 certification, the company strives to be a model for compliance with standards. No product leaves our workshops unless it is exemplary both in terms of quality and of safety.
Imagine the future The products The best ingredients always make the best products. At Denis & Fils we have always paid special attention to the selection of our waxes and wicks. They are still the guarantors of the uniqueness and reliability of our products. Just as rigorous, our olfactory design is prepared using Grasse perfumes in particular which guarantees you the most successful and innovative perfumes. From classic scents to the very latest, all of the aromatic nuances are prepared with the same care by expert noses.
The collections Variety makes the difference. It is a Denis & Fils core principle to offer you a product range that is ever wider and continuously refreshed. An integrated design team reinforced by outside designers enriches our offering every day. Permanent and seasonal collections, products under the Le Chat & MDD brands, work to order... each range is treated with the same care and drive.
Production It is no use creating if you can’t produce. Which is why Denis & Fils is equipped with an industrial capacity using the latest technology. Thus, the high level of automation in its workshops gives the company the capacity to handle high volumes and small batches with the same reactivity. Finally, with its policy of O µb O 8F ²8½ É ½} b8O} n ½µ Oµ½ b²µV ½ 8 É8˵ o Yµ µ ½ µ n ² ½}b most stringent of requirements, both in terms of product and of packaging.
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Imagine our partnership
Confidence makes the difference. More than a simple supplier, Denis & Fils prefers to see itself as a genuinely reliable long-term partner. With its capacity to be a source of innovation & attentive listening at all times combined with complete respect for commitments to product conformity and delivery schedules, it has all of the assets needed to earn your preference.
Denis & Fils SAS : BP 89418 Gétigné - 44194 Clisson Cedex - Headquarters and factory : RN 149 - ZI La Recouvrance - 44190 Gétigné - France Tél. : +33 (0)2 40 36 15 55 - Fax. : +33(0)2 40 54 44 64 - www.bougie-lechat.com