Roux Graineterie of Carpentras

Alternative namesGraineterie Aimé Roux

Statusstanding

LocationCarpentras, France, 34 rue Bel Air

Coordinates44°03′01″N 5°02′34″E / 44.0504°N 5.0429°E

Roux Graineterie of Carpentras
Graineterie Roux de Carpentras

Location within France
Alternative names	Graineterie Aimé Roux
General information
Status	standing
Location	Carpentras, France, 34 rue Bel Air
Coordinates	44°03′01″N 5°02′34″E / 44.0504°N 5.0429°E / 44.0504; 5.0429
Construction started	1907
Completed	1920
Opened	1919
Owner	Town of Carpentras

The Roux Graineterie of Carpentras, seed company founded in 1907,^{[citation needed]} at 34 rue Bel Air Carpentras in Vaucluse, France is an outstanding example of this industry, which now has five such institutions in France of which only two are classified as historical monuments (one in Carignan in Ardennes and the other monastic barn 14th century to Blois in Loir-et-Cher ). Since the order of September 9, 2005, the building has been listed as a monument. Graineterie worked for nearly a century from 1919 until the early 2000s.^{[citation needed]}

In 1913, Albert Simon, a merchant seeds Sorgues, bought the mill built by Pierre Nicolas, and completed two years earlier than Bel Air in Carpentras. He installed a seed treatment business under the name of Maison Albert Simon called the Moulin. In 1917, his daughter married Aimé Roux and received the mill dot. He gave the Graineterie Roux the official title of Souville Factory, founded in 1919.^{[citation needed]} Its main activity is the decortication of seeds but also the packaging and trading of seeds produced by the local market, destination food sector (rice, rapeseed, sunflower, psyllium, ...). Located near the Carpentras Station, including freight activity has never ceased distributing its products on a national scale.^{[citation needed]}

In the early 1920s, the first expansion of the mill operates, as well as the construction of a first floor. In 1928, the entire building is raised and a new facade is made. At that time, the new machines are purchased to build new production lines.^{[citation needed]}

During the Second World War, was requisitioned graineterie: line decortication is used to treat rice and also, as stated in the oral tradition, split peas. In 1949, Aimé Roux institutions are created. André Roux, son of the founder, became plant manager in 1951 and made arrange the laboratory. It obtains authorization for seed multiplication.^{[citation needed]}

In the middle of 1980, as a result of a bankruptcy, the plant became graineterie Bel-Air. In the late 1990s, Maurice Fra farmer and customer, praised graineterie and designated the activity to Fra Shelling.^{[citation needed]}

Currently, the factory is also involved in treating various types of grains (cereals, oilseed, protein) provided by local farmers and for food, in terms of the legislation of products from organic farming (the ECOCERT).^{[citation needed]}

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