Places to visit Industry Rhônes-Alpes

The house has existed since 1949. You can visit both production sites. The original site Jean-Jaurès and the new N 7 factory, in the south of the city, in the industrial area of Fortuneau. Two production modes. The opportunity to discover the story of the Nougat nougat imported by the Greeks via Marseille sweet first to the walnut, named Nux gatum which will drift into nougo and then nougat. Sweet is formalized in Montélimar in 1701! Today Gerbe of gold among the great nougatiers of Montélimar. You can make provision for the boutique of the whole range of soft, craquants, white, black, enrobés or natures…

A day between high industrial technology and tradition! St. Alban's mineral water company opens its doors for a trip to the heart of production lines, impressive, which bottles 80 000 plastic bottles and 75 000 boxes (cans) of water, sodas and juice on time. A fully automated storage of over 30 000 pallets and automatic laser-guided vehicles that carry out the handling will surprise you.

Sail-les-Bains, of its Latin name Satio Aqua Saliens - jaillissantes waters, has always been renowned for its thermal waters. The Romans, unaware of the use of "chemical" medicine, attached great importance to mineral waters. The diversity of the Springs of Sail-les-Bains was a complete "pharmacy". After this exciting period, the thermal waters have remained a long period without history and it is truly the Renaissance that will give them fashion. This place was the favourite stay of the great ladies of the courtyard of Henri III. Two characters really gave their nobility to Sail waters: Diane de Châteaumorand, wife of Honoré d'Urfé, author of the famous novel «L'Astrée» - was known for her dazzling beauty and regularly came to the baths to make the healing of youth safer and to heal her complexion. Pastor, who in 1878, by a handwritten letter, officially acknowledges the qualities of Sail's waters that remain renowned for treating skin, joints and nutrition. They also have the virtues of rejuvenation. Pasteur considered this water to have «a huge value» and placed it in the «first rank of the most active waters». The thirties are those of prosperity; the post-war era makes it an appointment to the fashion of the stars of the time. But in 1985 a fire partially destroyed the hotel and marked the provisional decline of the establishment. 1998 marked the renewal of mineral waters with the restoration of uptake of the Hamel source (13 m 3/h at 28 ° C). Today, with a new state-of-the-art bottling plant - with a production capacity of 2 500 bottles per hour, set in the heart of the magnificent spa park, Sail-les-Bains mineral waters now find themselves in the market for large distribution.

This showroom for kitchen furniture, bathroom and storage, opened in 1999. Mobalpa is emblematic of the economic success of the valley in the wood industry, a major activity. Originally, a cabinetmaking workshop created by the artisan Eugene Fournier in 1907. The workshop is developing and, with the help of the sons Marcel and Paul, is moving towards the kitchen. In 1949, the Mobalpa brand (contraction of Alpine furniture) is launched and furniture becomes elements to combine between them. The company keeps innovating (built-in furniture, custom fixtures, ultra-resistant connections), and opens up to export the new lines (bathroom furniture, accessories, and storage). Mobalpa opens this gigantic space of 2 000 m ², contemporary and design, for a permanent exhibition of over 100 models presented to the general public. A visit to a beautiful area with documentation and library, to test in real size all the styles and facilities offered by this specialist (certified Quality and Environment) that always produce in the ultra-modern factory of Thônes.