Tonnellerie Radoux has been making barrels for over 50 years.
The following is a timeline of the history of Tonnellerie Radoux.
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Robert Radoux creates the business. Main activity, repair and maintenance of barrels and tanks.
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Christian Radoux, Master Cooper, takes over the cooperage.
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The family-owned business becomes a corporation. The cooperage first manufactures mainly tanks and casks then starts producing barrels.
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A stave-mill, Sciage du Berry, is created.
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Training school for coopers opens in the cooperage with Robert Radoux in charge.
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Creation of two subsidiaries: France Merrain, second stave-mill, and Pronektar, a wine making supply company.
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Implementation of a quality-oriented strategy. Creation of a subsidiary in Australia, B.H. Oak. Launching of the first “Toiles de Fonds”, Barrel Head Exhibit: an art competition on barrel heads.
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Creation of one subsidiary: Tonnellerie Radoux USA in California
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Radoux Cooperage joins the François Frères Cooperage Group, undisputed world leader both in the barrel industry for aging wines and spirits and for alternative oak oenological products.