Having for a long time equiped agriculture and industry, the Cooperative production is now mainly specialized in bakery, the fixtures of large-scale distribution stores, catering and decoration.

The Cooperative main commercial process is based on professionnal trade fairs, the most important being Europain, Equip’mag, Equip’Hôtel and the Shira, completed with traditional catalogues and internet resuming :

• All articles for professionnals. Intented for the bakery sector, hotel-restaurant and decoration.
• And last, the one called daily objects made for the lovers of traditional and decorative objects, individuals, decorators.…

Our displaying store at Villaines has a great tourist appeal locally. Here we have a turnover of more than 10%.
Our export sales reach 10% of our sales figures with the professionals. The Basketry Cooperative of Villaines makes more than half of the French basketry production, which is really competed with import.

The visit programme is the following:

• Reception of the group and presentation of our structure,
• Video on the culture and transformation of osier ( 10 minutes)
• Visit of workshops to see wicker workers, and commentaries by a professionnal,
• Visit of the dispaying store where objects can be bought.
• Duration of the visit : 1 hour.