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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
The first French mail order company, it mainly specialised in
mail order
Mail order is the buying of goods or services by mail delivery. The buyer places an order for the desired products with the merchant through some remote methods such as:
* Sending an order form in the mail
* Placing an order by telephone call
...
company which was situated in the manufacturing town of St. Etienne since 1888.
History
The first French mail order company, it mainly specialised in shotgun
A shotgun (also known as a scattergun, peppergun, or historically as a fowling piece) is a long gun, long-barreled firearm designed to shoot a straight-walled cartridge (firearms), cartridge known as a shotshell, which discharges numerous small ...
s (Robust, Falcor, Ideal, Simplex) and bicycles () since 1890. However, they covered other products, ranging from fishing rod
A fishing rod or fishing pole is a long, thin rod used by angling, anglers to fishing, catch fish by manipulating a fishing line, line ending in a fish hook, hook (formerly known as an ''angle'', hence the term "angling"). At its most basic ...
s to household items, such as wall clocks. Most of the products sold by Manufrance were made by third-party manufacturers, then labeled and retail
Retail is the sale of goods and services to consumers, in contrast to wholesaling, which is the sale to business or institutional customers. A retailer purchases goods in large quantities from manufacturers, directly or through a wholes ...
ed by Manufrance.
An unregistered Manufrance LaSalle 12-gauge shotgun
A shotgun (also known as a scattergun, peppergun, or historically as a fowling piece) is a long gun, long-barreled firearm designed to shoot a straight-walled cartridge (firearms), cartridge known as a shotshell, which discharges numerous small ...
, with a sawn-off barrel, was used by the perpetrator of the 2014 Sydney hostage crisis
The Lindt Café siege was a terrorist attack that occurred on 15–16 December 2014 when a lone gunman, Man Haron Monis, held ten customers and eight employees of a Lindt#Lindt chocolate cafés and stores, Lindt Chocolate Café hostage in the ...
in Australia, who was unlicensed. Restrictions on illegal firearms were tightened as a result.
Ownership
It was bought by Jacques Tavitian in 1988.See also
*References
External links
* Retail companies of France Cycle manufacturers of France Companies based in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Organizations based in Saint-Étienne French companies established in 1888 {{France-company-stub