2022: MADE IN FRANCE
The MADE IN FRANCE statement aims to comfort and facilitate the choice of consumers wanting to buy "Made in France" products that strictly satisfy the criteria of the European regulation governing "Made in France". It helps to speed up reindustrialisation of the territory, to preserve local jobs and to respond to the objectives of carbon footprint reduction of France. We are proud to have been a French manufacturer since 1954 and of our contribution to the energy of the local job scene.
2021: LONGTIME® LABEL
LONGTIME® is the leading European label for products designed to last. It provides assurance that the products carrying the label are reliable and repairable, in contrast to planned obsolescence. It is based on a set of 41 criteria, covering three main requirements: robust design / quality, repairability, guarantees and after sales service.
The LONGTIME® label is awarded to products impartially, after an assessment audit carried out by an independent control body.
2020: MORE LABEL
Our plastics injection plant, LALLEMAND based in France in Ain, is labelled MORE, the top European label evaluating the action of plastics processors for the circular economy and the integration of recycled plastics into production.
2020: "LIVING HERITAGE COMPANY" LABEL (EPV)
This label granted by the State in 2020 certifies recognition of LAFUMA MOBILIER's knowhow in working with metal tubes and stretched fabrics. So, the company joins 1500 companies labelled for artisanal knowhow and excellent manufacturing.
2016: DEVELOPMENT OF A PREMIUM COLLECTION
Refined and elegant PRIVILEGE embodies the brand's move up market. This collection stays faithful to the LAFUMA MOBILIER style by combining Bauhaus lines of inspiration with fabrics emphasising French chic.
2011 : COMFORT INNOVATION
The LAFUMA MOBILIER marriage of metal and fabric has always proved to be comfortable. In 2011 the first three-layer padded innovation appears, AirComfort®. The start of a series of breathable and permeable technical innovations such as Hedona, Tundra, and BeComfort®, specially designed for outdoors.
1992 : A LEGENDARY POP UP
Still innovating, being in fashion, the POP UP filled beaches, living rooms and gardens in 1992. For 30 years this chic and timeless lounger has been attracting people with its umbrella folding system, its generous shape and great choice of coloured fabrics
1962 : INVENTION of the Translude RELAX
RELAX! This could be a slogan reflecting the optimistic and cheerful culture of society in those times. This multi-position, light and comfortable, folding chair is the ancestor of our star product: the Relax and its famous ZERO GRAVITY.
1954 : LAUNCH OF LAFUMA MOBILIER
Creation of the first line of portable outdoor furniture, made of metal and cotton fabric. Simple and practical, these folding chairs very quickly become the ideal companion for weekends and holidays.
1930 : BIRTH OF THE BRAND
At the start of the 1930s in Anneyron (Drôme), Victor, Alfred and Gabriel Lafuma invent the metal frame backpack:combining the comfort of fabric and the strength of tube.
SOME FIGURES
630,000 items per year including 250,000 Relax and 200,000 Transats
83 tonnes of cardboard packaging recycled
5,000 km of steel tubes per year
30,000 km of wire per year
900,000 m² of fabric per year including around 680,000 m² of Batyline cloth
16,000 m² surface area for the historical industrial base in Drôme
98% of raw materials come from Europe - 68% France
14 patents pending
Marketing in more than 20 countries
Arnaud Du Mesnil, director general
Our labels
"We are proud of having both the Longtime® label and the EPV label: they reward the faithfulness to our conviction of producing in France, and our knowhow developed and transmitted for more than 60 years with an increasingly demanding approach to quality"
An internationally recognised local approach
LAFUMA MOBILIER, which accompanied the country's great social and sporting triumphs of the last century, is settling further into French heritage and especially that of the Drôme. The brand, which has always selected vendors mostly located less than 150 km from the industrial base, is claiming its connection with the region and promoting the local art of living. This sustainable approach, which gives the brand its singular style, is bearing its fruits internationally, where LAFUMA MOBILIER has strongly increased its turnover in recent years.