From 1833 to today
Nearly 200 years of history(ies)
Since 1833, BOHIN has spanned the ages and continued its history by offering exceptional haberdashery tools, manufactured in Normandy or developed with trusted partners in France, Europe and around the world, in strict compliance with our specifications.
1833
Founded by Benjamin Bohin
Founded in 1833 by Benjamin Bohin, the company was founded in Saint-Sulpice-sur-Risle, Normandy, where it is still located today. Visionary, inventive... and precocious, Benjamin revealed his entrepreneurial spirit early on. At just 11 years old, he asked to take over the family business of manufacturing wooden boxes. After two refusals and three runs away, his father finally gave in when he was 17: Benjamin then transformed the workshop into a real factory, laying the foundations of the BOHIN company as we know it today.
Under his leadership, the company modernized with mass production, specialized in working with steel wire, and quickly became an expert in the manufacture of needles and pins. Recognition came in 1889, when BOHIN needles won the gold medal at the Universal Exhibition in Paris, recognizing the excellence of French know-how.
1997
BOHIN, on the verge of liquidation
Over the decades, generations of BOHINs succeeded one another and grew a flourishing company which, in 1914, employed nearly 600 people: workers in the Orne factories, employees of the wire drawing mill in the Paris region and employees of the head office located on rue Rambuteau in Paris.
But after the war, changes in society disrupted the sector: the rise of ready-to-wear clothing, the disappearance of sewing classes at school and the invention of Velcro diapers gradually signaled the end of the company's golden age.
In 1997, BOHIN was on the verge of liquidation. It was then that its sales director made a decision: he took over the company and managed to save it, giving BOHIN a new lease on life.
2000
TF1's news opens the doors of BOHIN
On May 1, 2000, a report on BOHIN was broadcast on the 1 p.m. news on TF1, presented by Jean-Pierre Pernaut.
The next day, curious onlookers flocked to the factory courtyard: everyone wanted to discover how our famous needles were made!
Faced with this enthusiasm, the idea of opening a museum and offering a company tour was a natural one.
This is how the project was born, which would lead to the opening of the BOHIN workshops to the public in 2014.
2018
Cover by Audrey and Fabien Régnier
Hired in 2011 to carry out the project of opening the company visit, Audrey imagined the takeover of BOHIN in 2015, during a discussion with the manager at the time. Already mother of Léopold (2013), the arrival of Lazare (2016) then Léandre (2017) delayed this project, which finally materialized in 2018.
She then became Managing Director of BOHIN, supported by her husband Fabien, who took over financial and commercial management.
Her ambition? To awaken this sleeping beauty and restore its former glory. Audrey has since devoted all her energy to growing this unique French gem.
A committed leader, she passionately defends gender equality and fights for an egalitarian society. Her goal: to shatter the stereotype of individualistic and greedy management that is still all too prevalent in people's minds. A generous, sincere, and assertive woman, Audrey embodies a new vision of leadership: active, modern, and profoundly human.
2,500 references
checked, packaged and shipped from our factory in Saint-Sulpice-sur-Risle.
65%
BOHIN products are made in France and Europe.
60 countries
distribute BOHIN products to the four corners of the world.
OUR EXPERTISE
A unique production in France
Using ancestral machines, needle makers perpetuate a unique expertise in France. They thus give birth to sewing needles, glass-headed pins, ball bracelets... and other smaller productions.
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Since 1833, tools designed to last and unleash your creativity.
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