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LECLERC LOOMS INC.
In 1995 while picking up looms in Lšislet, Nilus
Leclerc announced that they would be discontinuing many models of looms.
I asked them if the loom division was for sale and they answered "maybe".
Two weeks later, after a few meetings, we had come to an agreement.
We bought all the inventory and the tools required to make the looms.
I asked a friend here in Plessisville, who had many years of woodworking
experience, to manufacture all the wooden parts for us. He bought a few
machines from Nilus Leclerc and started production a few weeks later.
We found a location in the industrial park and within 4 weeks,
production was resumed.
The new Company " Leclerc Looms" was created.
Between 1995 and 1998, we worked very hard increasing the quality
of the product and giving the same good service we were well known
for in the yarn business.
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Since 1998 I spent a lot of time improving the products, and
with the help of my employees and customers, we developed many new models
of looms.
Today 70% of our sales are for new or improved products.
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Sales of yarn and looms were growing and we needed more space.
In March 2001 we bought a 25,000 square foot, 2-story building
just one
block from our old factory.
We moved our 2 companies into the new location and now
have
a very good set up.
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December 2001, inauguration of our new shop and factory
From left to right:
Robert Leclerc, Robert wife Francoise, Etienne, Jeannette
Brassard, Francois and Diane Brassard |
Étienne (my son) who also studied textiles in St-Hyacinthe joined the
company in 2001 and is now co-owner of Maurice Brassard & Fils and Leclerc
Looms.
Francois Brassard
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