Noyon/Darquer Group, a major Calais based lace manufacturer, has announced the acquisition of Spanish lace specialist Central Encajera, which was completed this month.

This acquisition supplements the range of products offered by Noyon/Darquer Group, which includes traditional laces such as Leavers lace, and raschel knitted laces made on Karl Mayer Textronic and Jacquardtronic machines. The manufacturer was named a Living Heritage Company in 2007, and is a respected lace specialist for dresses and lingerie, quality woven tulle, fine Valencienne and Alençon lace and a unique collection of mantillas and large wedding veils.

Situated in Barcelona, Central Encajera is well known in the textiles and lace industry. Founded in 1919, it is one of the oldest Spanish Leavers lace makers and has been run by the Bertran family for four generations. With some 20 machines at its plant, Central Encajera manufactures mantillas and lace with the traditional finesse.

New business structure

True to its strategy of encouraging heritage skills, this is a new niche of know-how strengthening Darquer in the ready-to-wear and haute couture markets and the entire Noyon Group in its range of lace, representing a great step forward following the initial marketing of its BOOT-range lace collection in 2013.

This new business structure covers the haute couture, ready-to-wear and lingerie segments and reinforces the wedding segment which is already a key feature of the Darquer lace collection, the company reports.

Each of the Group’s brands retains its own identity, creativity and markets, the company reports. However, they now have the opportunity of producing a variety of styles, creating a unique industrial capacity to continue developing their collections, some of which date back to 1840, featuring classic lace, as well as enhancing their range of ultra-modern designs developed in collaboration with contemporary artists.

Creativity

Creativity is central to the Group’s strategy to protect each brand’s original footprint aimed at the most sophisticated lingerie markets, design houses and creatives all around the world.

A team of 20 individuals works together to develop creative and innovative products. The Darquer brand is an acknowledged master of historical lace embroidery techniques at its own embroidery workshop on Beyroux and Cornely machines. Noyon Group is now headed by Olivier Noyon, has 250 employees, and distributes its products to 300 customers in 40 countries.

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