the subject in a subjective manner without imparting real information . please remove or replace such wording and instead of making proclamations about a subject s importance use facts and attribution to demonstrate that importance . november 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message fichet bauche product type safes and vaults owner gunnebo security group country france markets global website fichet bauche fichet bauche is a brand of safes and vaults with its origins in france . it specialises in products which offer certified burglary protection and or fire protection . the brand is widely sold and marketed in france spain portugal italy and french speaking parts of africa . fichet bauche is a brand owned by the gunnebo security group . contents 1 history 1.1 the fichet company 1.2 the bauche company 1.3 the creation of fichet bauche 1.4 gunnebo security group 2 reception 3 references 4 external links history edit the fichet company edit born 7 february 1799 in etrepilly france alexandre fichet opened a locksmiths in paris in 1825 1 2 at the age of 26 . he registered his first patent in 1829 for a safety lock and further patents followed in 1834 and 1836 . shortly after fichet set up a small workshop in paris and began expanding into the manufacture of safes . in 1840 he made his first modern fire safe 2 made entirely of steel and using his now renowned fichet lock and key . as production outgrew the workshop fichet built a factory in monceau in paris followed by a second and third in lyon and marseille . fichet died in 1862 at the age of 63 and the business changed hands 2 frequently from loius and apolline bonnet to monsieur charlier manager of the workshops and then to businessmen monsieur gu not and monsieur pinot . nevertheless the business continued to grow . in 1879 the fichet company built its first bank vault room with rentable safe deposit lockers . 2 new factories were opened one after the other most notably in oust marest in the somme region where security locks were manufactured . this factory was supported by the nearby fichet village and by a factory in creil which made bank safes . on the eve of world war i the general partnership that was fichet became a limited partnership and came under the management of jacques bournisien and marcel beau . a factory was set up in sens in 1917 and two years later branches were opened all around the world including italy argentina spain belgium romania and brazil . the company was able to expand its clients security and installed its first industrial alarm and surveillance network in 1926 . 2 the day before world war ii bournisien died leaving beau to run the company . he was aided for a time by monsieur nadaud the husband of alexandre fichet s great great granddaughter . the bauche company edit in 1864 auguste nicolas bauche expert in fire resistant materials began to produce safes and founded his first production factory in gueux near reims in france . 1 2 by 1867 the gueux workshops had become too cramped . the factory was moved to reims with more modern workshops incorporating a technological breakthrough of the time a cementation furnace for the extreme hardening of the surface of certain steels . this led to great advancements in the protection safes could offer . in 1879 bauche demonstrated the efficacy of his fire safes with a live demonstration and several thousand frans emerged intact from a safe after having been repeatedly subjected to fire . 1 2 then the invention of the ironclad safe both fire resistant and armour plated in 1895 really made bauche s name . 2 bauche expanded with the creation of a factory in feuqui res . 1914 saw the start of world war i and the factory fell into the hands of the germans who on their retreat in 1918 razed the building to the ground . afterwards the ruins were re built and both production and research were started afresh . in 1924 bauche created a new anti welding torch testing the focus of a new technology which would be used for many years to come . working for the national defence ministry the factory was destroyed once more by the germans in 1940 and four years later was partially reconstructed as a repair workshop for american tanks . the company had to wait until well after the war before the factory was fully re built . the creation of fichet bauche edit in 1967 fichet and bauche merged . 2 the newly christened fichet bauche company and focused on safes safe deposit lockers vaults and locks . 1 the corporate headquarters was transferred to clamart in v lizy and in parallel a new factory was built in carignan for the production of fire resistant safes . the fichet bauche group also expanded internationally during the late 60s and 70s . a factory designed for the manufacture of vault room doors and safes was built in barcelona and new offices were opened in argentina brazil portugal malaysia and hong kong . gunnebo security group edit in 1999 fichet bauche was acquired by the gunnebo security group . 2 with its factory at bazancourt marne the company remained under its own name until 2007 when it was fully merged into gunnebo and the name became one of a number of gunnebo brands of safes and vaults . 3 reception edit writing in l union ardennais guillaume flatet commented that the fichet bauche factory was resisting the economic crisis as well as its safes resist burglars describing his visit as a rare glimpse into a quiet but well performing business . 3 safe specialist mike palmer writing on insurance surveyors.org noted that gunnebo had acquired major brands including chubb 4 as well as fichet bauche and john tann the world s first safe maker ; chubb and fichet bauche surviving only as brands and john tann s name disappearing with the comment how the mighty are fallen ... . 5 monocle magazine described gunnebo as having key holdings including french locksmith giant fichet bauche . 6 references edit a b c d fichet bauche . safe manufacturers.co.uk . retrieved 2013 06 07 . a b c d e f g h i j history . fichet bauche . retrieved 2013 06 07 . a b flatet guillaume 2013 05 17 . au c ur de l usine fichet bauche la fabrique de coffres forts . l union ardennais . retrieved 2013 06 07 . the history of chubb part 7 21st century chubb . history of safes . 2012 10 18 . retrieved 2013 06 07 . palmer mike . how safe is a safe pdf . insurance surveyors.org . retrieved 2013 06 07 . a silver lining . monocle . february 2012 . retrieved 2013 06 07 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title fichet bauche & oldid 723213024 categories brandssecurity companieshidden categories articles with peacock terms from november 2013all articles with peacock terms navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store 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