Made In France is not just a label!
Made In France: an obvious... not so obvious
We launched the Petits Cadors brand in November 2018. For us, it was unthinkable that this business creation would not take into account the environmental issues that we urgently need to face today.
It was therefore obvious that we had to produce locally and integrate eco-responsible behaviors into our manufacturing process. We were surprised, at the beginning of our adventure, by the number of people who tried to dissuade us from manufacturing in France and having everything manufactured in China. It was as if there was no other alternative, like an inevitability!
Strong in our convictions, and admiring brands which, like ours, have chosen Made in France ( 1083 , Bleu de chauffe , Archiduchesse , Hopaal , Le slip Français , Le t-shirt propre , etc.), we have held firm and are very proud of it!
An ultra-short manufacturing circuit
We created our own manufacturing workshop in Nailloux (31), a beautiful village in Lauragais located 20 minutes from Toulouse. We invested in a large eco-responsible building of 300 m², equipped with a wood boiler, good thermal inertia (no air conditioning), and whose roof is covered with photovoltaic panels.
It is in this place that we carry out the complete manufacturing of our nomadic cushions .
• Design and prototyping
• Quilting and cutting of fabric
• Manufacturing
• Filling
• Finishes
• Order preparation and shipping
When your cushion leaves our workshop, it will have traveled during its manufacture, a distance of... 0 kilometers! This is necessarily less than your jeans (which travel on average 60,000 kilometers, or 1.5 times around the world! unless it is from the 1083 brand) and most of the objects that you use daily like your phone, your clothes, your shoes, your dishes, or your coffee machine.
A Petits Cadors product is therefore a product 100% made in France!
And beyond the ecological impact, we are also proud to contribute to creating activity in our territory. It is a great pleasure for us to build real relationships with our raw material suppliers, to discover their profession and learn with them . We also realize that this relationship would be totally impossible with interlocutors located on the other side of the planet. Proximity allows for a lively and enriching exchange for both parties.
So, when you buy a Petits Cadors product, you are choosing a product made 100% in France and at the same time you are contributing to the creation of jobs and the revival of a textile industry in France .
Many brands cheat with the "Made in France" label or the use of a blue-white-red flag, so we wanted to explain to you in detail our process to guarantee this label!
Our entire range of cushions is certified Origine France Garantie , which guarantees that what we tell you is true.
The adventure continues and we optimize our manufacturing methods every day to reduce our carbon footprint and create local activity . It is thanks to you who trust us by ordering our products that all this is possible! The more the company grows, the more we have a positive impact on our environment by developing new virtuous local partnerships, creating jobs, and better controlling the traceability of our materials .
