Festival Bugatti in Molsheim (Alsace), where in 1909, Ettore BUGATTI, the founder of the brand, came to settle and created the historic factory (then in German territory), which became from the French flagship of the luxury car. Comment on factual images and interview in situation of an amateur-collector pilot by Joël TURLIN on board a Bugatti during an exhibition race.
Visit of the bottling plant of the Cachat source in Evian: arrival of a wagon filled with empty bottles, rinsing, filling, control, capping and packaging.
Michel CAMBORNAC, head of the ethnobotanical and agronomic department of the company Yves Rocher, talks about the botanical garden of the company, its different uses and the different plants that grow there.
Report on the use of flowers and plants by the cosmetics company Yves Rocher, and its botanical garden. After the collection of flowers and plants in the region of Gacilly, they pass to the dryer then it will be the extraction of the plant active ingredients necessary for the manufacture of creams. Interviews with an employee and Lionel SCUR, Director of the Plant Cosmetics Division.
Grée des Landes is the name of the first eco-spa hotel built on the heights of La Gacilly in Morbihan. The installation was designed by Jacques Rocher, son of the designer of the cosmetics brand Yves ROCHER and of whom he is the director of sustainable development. It is a bioclimatic construction. The garden is a space without chemical treatment to promote biodiversity. The LPO, Bird Protection League, participates in the garden design. The hotel has 29 rooms with a green roof. An indoor garden serves as an auxiliary heating to the hotel’s public spaces. Two wood boilers were installed, and solar panels were installed on the roof. A booklet will be available in the rooms to show customers the right actions to minimize the impact on the environment.
Visit to the ULC (Union Laitière Coopérative) plant in Toulouse, including the Yoplait brand dairy production units. The fresh cheese and cream workshop, the butter workshop, and the yogurt workshop.
The former bottling plant in Evian itself produces a new fruit drink, the "Fruity". Discovery of the production chain of this beverage delivered in 2 liter PVC bottle and whose market has increased by 17%.
Following the installation of a new furnace at the Baccarat crystals factory, one of the company’s managers highlights the increased quality of glass allowing to increase sales internationally especially in the United States, without forgetting the production of unique pieces richly crafted for Italy.
Interviewed by Odile MATTEI, Alain GIROUD, Comité de direction Eaux d'Evian, explains the place that Evian mineral water occupies on the economic market. He points out that it is the first water in France and the first mineral water in the world with a presence in about a hundred countries. Then he talks about the prominent place of the Evian company in the region.
Testimony of two workers (a man and a woman) on the trade of crystal tailor at Baccarat. He admits not to consider himself as an artist but rather as a "specialized craftsman". He is pleased to be able to be a shareholder in his company. She, confides that there are very few women because the job of tailor is difficult. She doesn’t think being a shareholder is that important.
In 1974 more than 300000 people benefited from the various facilities of VVF, making this organization the first in Europe for social tourism, offering many advantages for families, at prices without competition and in a unique atmosphere. Example with the holiday village of Saint-Jean-de-Monts that has just been inaugurated. Image of the venue and a children’s playground. Interviews of a representative of this VVF who evokes the functioning of the village, of a young holidaymaker and his mother who emphasize the ease of human contacts, of a couple happy with the amenities offered.
Installation of a Louis Vuitton manufacturing unit in Saint Pourçain on Sioule, site selected in part for the know-how of its craftsmen. Interviews Max GARTNER (director Vuitton St Pourçain) and Bernard Coulon (director, SIAD St Pourçain).
Since 2001, the cosmetics brand Yves Rocher has put women in the spotlight, those who act in favour of the environment on a daily basis. This year a Nantes woman was rewarded for her action and commitment in the preservation of the environment and the improvement of the conditions of women of the Countries of the South through her association Bolivia Inti Sud Soleil, which has been in existence since 1999. The prize awarded to the association will help 500 Bolivian families. A recognition for Jeannette Chiron who has never stopped acting and continues to believe in it.
The Yves Rocher Foundation is taking part in the "Together, Plant for the Planet" programme; it is committed to planting 50 million trees on the planet, including 2 million in France. In this report, beauticians from the Yves Rocher group participate, with the association "Trees and hedges fields" in a planting session of a hedge of 250 trees in an organic farm. Once these trees are grown, in 5 or 6 years, they will be used as shelter for insects, which will kill predators, pests to crops. But hedges also protect against bad weather. The report is supplemented by interviews with Jacques ROCHER, Yoann TERRIEN, forestry technician at the Vendée Chamber of Agriculture, and Didier MOUILLEAU, crop manager at SCEA Riverford Vendée.
Playmobil gathering at the intercommunal media library of Haute Corrèze in Ussel, with 25 teams of parents and children who realized scenes of life with these small characters.
The passion of Jesus Christ is told to children by playmobils in the parish of Notre-Dame de Châlons-en Champagne. Ten scenes made by children of the catechism and made possible thanks to volunteers and Don Dominique, priest, who transposed this idea into his parish.
Visit the cellars of the House of Champagne Ruinart in Reims, located 39 meters below the surface in craters formerly exploited to extract the chalk used as building material of the houses. When the exploitation stopped, with the appearance of cement, the Ruinart decided to keep their wine in this place whose humidity is above 90%. Commentary on factual images and interview with Sylvie DARTOIS (responsible for visits to the cellars Maison de Champagne Ruinart).
"For children from 4 to 12 years": it is marked on Playmobil clubs... But we can continue to play when we are much bigger; to be serious, we say that we are a collector. Enthusiasts gathered all weekend in Vinay in Isère for their 5th National Gathering
For the 35 years of the Playmobil brand, an exhibition is organized in Paris, at the Museum of Decorative Arts. Commentary on images and interviews of children and Dorothée CHARLES, curator of the museum’s toys department.