Montagut
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Montagut is a clothing company located in Auzene Valley, France.
The company is located in the Auzene Valley, at Saint-Sauveur-de-Montagut.
There, in 1880, Pierre Gros's great-great-grandfather founded a silk yarn factory. This activity went on from generation to generation. In 1925, Georges Tinland, Pierre's grand-father set up a knitting factory right here. Tinland was the first one who sold Montagut lingerie and silk stockings. It was a big commercial success between the two world wars. As early as 1939, Montagut started to work on synthetic fibers and rapidly became an expert in knitting rayon and man-made fibers. In 1952, the Tinland and the Gros family united, and Leo Gros, Pierre's father, started modifying the stocking knitting machines to produce sweaters.
It was in 1962 when Leo invented the Fil Lumière, a bright and shiny yarn, strong and elastic.
The clothing and polo shirts manufactured with Fil Lumière rapidly became successful in France and abroad.
Today, Montagut is present and famous in many countries and well-known for the high quality of its garments.
