Manufrance
Illustration — Corporate headquarters in Saint-Étienne Manufrance was the trade name of Manufacture Francaise d'Armes et Cycles de St.Etienne ("French Arms and Cycle Factory of St. Etienne"), a French mail order company which was situated in the manufacturing town of St. Etienne since 1888.
Also recorded as Manufrance Rapid
Manufrance
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- Founded
- 1887
- Founder
- Étienne Mimard
- Headquarters
- France
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Illustration — Corporate headquarters in Saint-Étienne Manufrance was the trade name of Manufacture Francaise d'Armes et Cycles de St.Etienne ("French Arms and Cycle Factory of St. Etienne"), a French mail order company which was situated in the manufacturing town of St. Etienne since 1888.
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History
• Illustration — A Hirondelle bike produced by Manufrance in 1920 The first French mail order company, it mainly specialised in shotguns (Robust, Falcor, Ideal, Simplex) and bicycles (Hirondelle (bicycle)) since 1890. However, they covered other products, ranging from fishing rods to household items, such as wall clocks. Most of the products sold by Manufrance were made by third-party manufacturers, then labeled and retailed by Manufrance. An unregistered Manufrance LaSalle 12-gauge shotgun, with a sawn-off barrel, was used by the perpetrator of the 2014 Sydney hostage crisis in Australia, who was unlicensed. Restrictions on illegal firearms were tightened as a result.
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It was bought by Jacques Tavitian in 1988.
Détail de la façade sud de la centrale électrique de Manufrance à Saint-Etienne, chef-lieu du département de la Loire. L'entreprise Manufrance fondée par Etienne Mimard et Pierre Blachon au 19ème siècle était pionnière en matière de Vente Par Correspondance.
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Détail de la façade sud de la centrale électrique de Manufrance à Saint-Etienne, chef-lieu du département de la Loire. L'entreprise Manufrance fondée par Etienne Mimard et Pierre Blachon au 19ème siècle était pionnière en matière de Vente Par Correspondance.
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1887
Manufrance established.
1887
Manufrance is recorded from 1887.
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The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 16 August 2026.
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