The Marinelli Pontifical Foundry, a thousand-year-old family business, is the oldest bell manufacturer in Italy! Before the days of radios, televisions or telephones, the bell was in the West the preferred instrument of mass communication that punctuated all aspects of people's lives to inform them or bring them together. Today, the sound [...]
Conception navale FMP, a fast-growing family business in the Gaspé Peninsula, has just designed its first hybrid lobster boat! The Gaspesian family business Conception navale FMP specializes in the manufacturing, modification and major repair of fishing boats such as lobster boats, crab boats, shrimp boats and tug boats, not to mention the [...]
Australia's leading footwear manufacturer, the family business Blundstone, launches new certified vegan Chelsea boots! Celebrating its 150th anniversary in 2020, the family-owned business Blundstone is Australia's leading shoe manufacturer. Its success is based on respect for its heritage and a design that is both timeless and versatile. The company's history began in [...]
Fifteen HEC Montréal faculty members appear in an international ranking of research citations and impact indices for 2020. The list was published on the Mendeley website, a search tool belonging to Elsevier, the Dutch scientific publisher. Read the full news on hec.ca...
Viandes Lafrance, one of the key players in the Quebec agri-food industry, is a great example of a successful business transfer from one family to another! Founded in 1929 in Saint-Séverin in the Mauricie region and moved to Shawinigan in 2008, the family-owned Viandes Lafrance (formerly Abattoir Louis Lafrance & Fils) is [...]
Rathna Cinnamon, a family-owned company, is Sri Lanka's largest producer and exporter of organic Ceylon cinnamon and spices! Among the varieties of cinnamon, the one produced in Sri Lanka from the bark of the Ceylon cinnamon tree is undoubtedly the favorite of gourmets. Rathna Cinnamon, a Sri Lankan family business, is the [...]
Trudeau Corporation, a leader in the design and distribution of kitchenware, has completed its succession process! The history of the Trudeau Corporation family business dates back to 1889, when Baron Louis de la Polinière and Count Jean de Plan de Sieyès founded a housewares import company in Montreal. The manager of the [...]
The family-owned production company EON Productions has been behind the creation of the James Bond films since 1962, including the latest $250 million blockbuster, No Time to Die! Who doesn't know the James Bond series of spy movies? With 27 films, it is undoubtedly the longest saga and one of the most [...]
The Family Business Cassis Monna & Filles Launches into the Distillation of Spirits! The history of the family business Cassis Monna & Filles began long before its founding in 1992 by Bernard Monna on the Island of Orleans, Quebec. It began in 1872 in the Hérault region of southern France, when Louis [...]
The McIlhenny family business, which produces the famous Tabasco sauce, is fighting erosion in Louisiana's wetlands! The story of the McIlhenny family business and its flagship product, Tabasco sauce, began in 1868 when Edmund McIlhenny harvested his first crop of Tabasco peppers on his wife's ancestral land on Avery Island, Louisiana. The [...]