improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article is an orphan as no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . february 2013 this article does not cite any sources . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . october 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message this article may require cleanup to meet wikipedia s quality standards . no cleanup reason has been specified . please help improve this article if you can . november 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message bivolino.com customized shirts on the web . type private industry clothing electronic commerce founded hasselt belgium april 4 1954 1954 04 04 founder louis byvoet jacques byvoet headquarters diepenbeek belgium key people michel byvoet ceo carine moitier coo products shirts boxer shorts neckties cufflinks website www.bivolino.com bivolino founded in 1954 is a belgian clothing manufacturer specialized in customized shirts . bivolino.com was founded by the brothers louis and jacques byvoet . on 13 october 1987 the company was passed over to michel byvoet . contents 1 history 2 visual identity logo 3 awards 4 leadership 5 external links 6 references history edit brothers louis and jacques byvoet founded the company in 1954 with a joint investment of 8 million belgian franks . their grandfather jacques byvoet had been in the linen trade since 1900 and the name bivolino was chosen to represent both the family name of byvoet and linen . they based the company in hasselt belgium . under the direction of the byvoet brothers the company a small plant with 80 employees produced 350.000 shirts a year . at this point export to the netherlands luxemburg germany and switzerland represented 35 % of the business . in 1969 bivolino introduced a new ergonomic measurement system allowing each shirt to be individually fitted to the body . this system was the first of its kind in europe and was created in partnership with ibm . in 1981 bivolino became the first shirt label to take steps towards computerised production which automatically produces the pattern making gradations . by now and using this technology bivolino was producing 900.000 shirts a year and employing 270 people . on 13 october 1987 a fire ruined the bivolino plant in hasselt . over the next year sales decreased by 80 % . as the company struggled to recover production was moved to tunisia and romania . during this time the byvoet brothers decided to pass on the family business to louis son michel byvoet . the growth of the internet opened up new possibilities for bivolino and the brand established a new digital studio at the limburg science park . in 1997 the first shirt was sold via their online shop bivolino.com . in 2000 after two years of anthropometric research bivolino launched their biometric sizing technology patent nr eec ep1341427 & us 7346421 which could calculate the cut and size for every bivolino customer without using a measurement tape . in 2010 bivolino launched its latest piece of technology a 3d shirt design platform . the tool was developed under the open garments research project and was supported by european commission research funds . citation needed visual identity logo edit the bivolino logo used between 1963 and 2005 . the current bivolino logo developed in 2005 . awards edit in 2004 bivolino was given the starter award from the dutch home shopping association thuiswinkel.org . in 2006 the company was awarded the becommerce award by the belgian home shopping association becommerce . leadership edit 1954 1987 louis & jacques byvoet 1987 now michel byvoet external links edit official website open garments website references edit retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w 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