Stone newsletter. October 2017.
Louis Decottegnie,
The family business that engraved Mouvaux in marble
Specialist in chimneys and marble since 1984, the company Louis Decottegnie has always remained attached to Mouvaux where family history has its origins. Today, the saga continues between tradition, quality and modernity.
It is impossible to talk about Louis Decottegnie without mentioning his family history and his attachment to the city of Mouvaux. We must go back in 1850 to find the first foundations by the grandfather, rue Mirabeau, which was called at the time the "Pavé bleu". Since then, the generations have succeeded one another and have continued to develop the company Decottegnie, specialized in building and tiling.
Emancipation
In the 50s, the young Louis Decottegnie naturally enters the family business where parents, uncle, brother and cousin also work. "I was 14 years old and I started my tiler training, recalls the manager. But already at the time, what I preferred was the chimneys! After his CAP, he quickly created the decoration marble workshop in the 60s. The specialization is so extensive that it forces the historical society to split in two: Louis takes his independence in 1984 with the creation of his own company "Louis Decottegnie".
Out of the question for the entrepreneur to leave Mouvaux. "We moved a lot inside Mouvaux without ever leaving it. Each time, we had to move for lack of space, remember, a bit amused, Louis Decottegnie. We settled for 10 years rue Marceau: the street was so narrow that we had to awaken the poor residents to move their cars every other day.
Handover
In 1993, it's back to rue Mirabeau, where a showroom is created. "A real click" for customers who can now get a more concrete idea of their project. Marble, natural stones and composites, fireplace and inserts, fireplaces wood, gas, stoves are now exposed at Louis Decottegnie where twenty employees are active, marketing to the installation through the realization in the workshop.
Today, Louis Decottegnie remains the manager but has continued the family tradition leaving, 21 years ago, the reins to his son, Eric. "I do not make any decisions and I rely entirely on the new generation," says one who is still very active on the creation of new models by drawing his ideas on the Pinterest sharing network.
Over the decades, the company has reinvented itself to offer an offer in keeping with its time. And nothing seems to announce the end of the family saga: the grandson of 21 years has just officially entered the company after a year alternately. When the time comes to retire for his father Eric, it is he who should take the torch. His name ? Louis Decottegnie ...
Article written by Justine Pluchard de Nordeclair
Italy's prospect for stone in Cameroon
The Minister of Economy, Planning and Regional Planning (MINEPAT) was yesterday at the Italian Embassy in Yaounde. In addition, Samuela Isopi announces that a mission of businessmen will arrive in Cameroon 2017 end for the construction sector, including marble, granite, stone and other materials
New funeral Show in Paris
At Funeral Home, Isuzu Trucks will present its new m21 range, a partner of marble professionals.
Presentation by Isuzu Truck of its new range m 21
The 2017 edition of the Funeral Home will take place from 23 to 25 November at the Parc des Expositions Paris le Bourget. Isuzu Trucks will be present again this year at this major international meeting of funeral art.
On stand A41, Isuzu Trucks will exhibit its new range of utility cab chassis. Launched last September, the m21 range offers four major benefits: increased payload thanks to the new lighter and more modern drivetrain, increased reliability with reduced engine parts in motion, optimized engine efficiency with the new gearbox. speed and the absence of AdBlue, but also a cleaner vehicle thanks to the simplified pollution control system.
Isuzu Trucks, partner of the professionals of the marble works
For the past 15 years, Isuzu has been supporting marbleworkers with its range of commercial vehicles and truck-body trucks and cranes. The m21 range has been specifically designed to best meet the needs of marble workers. According to Étienne Biellmann, Network Manager Isuzu Trucks France, "this new vehicle, lighter, more efficient, still compact and robust, and which has a European homologation, perfectly meets the needs of the profession: facilitate transport and handling in the paths of the cemeteries ". Developed specifically for the craft of the marble, a new all-aluminum bucket with cabin rear crane, completes the existing offer on the PTC 7T5 heavy goods vehicles (P75).
Mediator for marble and funeral
The Union of the Public Funeral Pole and the Confederation of Professionals of the Funerary and Marble Industry have chosen to associate themselves in order to make available to the citizens a Mediator of the Funerary Professions, within the framework of the regulation on the mediation of consumption . Alain Bachelier, retired from the OGF group, will be the mediator at the heart of the scheme, presented to the Accreditation Committee of the DGCCRF.
A first in the field of funerals
Through their association, these two federations, public and private, meet on common issues: to secure their members in mediation, by making available the services of the Ombudsman of the Funerary Professions with the creation of a website dedicated, to allow by this site a simple and clearly identified access to the process of mediation in case of dispute, finally, to give the possibility to the non-adherent structures of these two entities to solicit the expertise of the Mediator of the Funeral Professions.
The constitution in association will be signed jointly, in the presence of: - Richard Feret, General Director of the Confederation of Professionals of Funeral and Marble - Michel Marchetti, co-President of the Confederation of Professionals of the Funeral and de la Marbrerie - Patrick Lerognon, President of the Union du Pôle Funéraire Public - Bernard Chaigneau, Vice-President of the Federation of Local Public Enterprises of New Aquitaine - Thierry Durnerin, General Director of the Federation of Local Public Enterprises.
This signature took place on June 29, 2017 at 16:00, 96, rue d'Amsterdam 75009 PARIS
Carrara marble resists.
My best seller is Michelangelo! This sentence comes from Alvise Lazzareschi, one of the many quarrymen exploiting Carrara marble. The finger pointing to the mountains that surround it from which came the blocks that came to choose the famous sculptor for the "Pieta" or "David". And who have participated in so many famous monuments throughout Europe.
Alvise's ancestors started extracting blocks from the mountain more than 500 years ago. Blessed mountains, overlooking the Mediterranean, on the border of Liguria and Emilia Romagna.
Near Carrara there are 1100 companies involved in this material, from extraction to processing through trade and transport.
All Saints in the marble works
Toussaint 2017 and the marbreries, it is "I love you neither". A turnover in perspective, but schedules that do not have enough 24 hours in a day. The day of the dead is in two weeks, and work already begun for most marble workers. A complex period, for which it is sometimes difficult to meet the requirements of customers, especially those who wake up at the last minute. With which partners to count to save time? How to organize?
And all that must be done before the cemeteries close their doors to the professionals, for short: good luck!
Toussaint 2017 and the marbreries, we organize
If you have decided to manage on your own, without subcontractors or external partners, you can support your marble workforce by hiring on an interim basis. The porters you use regularly can be trained "quickly", and come back next year. Be careful to teach them the basic rules (no karcher on engravings, use of harmful products on the stone etc ...).
Make a schedule, and do not promise anything to "last-minute" families: it's better for a decayed client than for a dissatisfied customer.
Hurry also to order the material you will need before it is too late: cleaning products, gold leaf, sand ...
The maintenance of graves
The maintenance of funerary monuments is one of the most requested services in the approach of All Saints' Day. Ideally, the construction sites of funerary monuments are stopped, or in part (there are always families who want the tomb to be finished for All Saints' Day), and the workers turn in all the communes to carry out the maintenance of the ordered graves .
