Devoucoux
{{Short description|Horse saddle manufacturer}}
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{{Infobox company
| founded = {{start date and age|1985}} in Sare, Pyrénées-Atlantiques
| founder = Jean-Michel Devoucoux
| num_employees = 77
| homepage = https://devoucoux.com
}}
Devoucoux, named after its founder, is a French manufacturing company that produces high-end horse saddles.{{cite journal| url=http://www.ridingmagazine.com/riding_onlinemag/articles/2008_06/devoucoux.htm| journal=California Riding Magazine| date=June 2008| accessdate=2011-01-09| title=Archived copy| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101228010918/http://www.ridingmagazine.com/riding_onlinemag/articles/2008_06/devoucoux.htm| archive-date=2010-12-28| url-status=dead}}
History
The company was founded in the year 1985 by Jean-Michel Devoucoux in his workshop in the Basque village of Sare. Devoucoux was an ex-apprentice groom from Ciboure in the Pyrénées Atlantiques and had trained to make both harnesses and saddles. The company now has sixty employees.{{Cite web |url=http://www.stalmaathuis.nl/index.php?id=32 |title=Stalmaathuis |access-date=2009-03-18 |archive-date=2011-07-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724165506/http://www.stalmaathuis.nl/index.php?id=32 |url-status=live }}
The initial US product line was launched in 1999.
In 2007, Director Brice Goguet was replaced by Benjamin Auzimour for United States operations, and Didier Brailly took over in the UK.{{Cite web |url=http://www.1888pressrelease.com/devoucoux-s-new-management-team-saddles-up-for-business-pr-t2ii3283p.html |title=ress Release: December 04, 2007 |access-date=March 18, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080626114136/http://www.1888pressrelease.com/devoucoux-s-new-management-team-saddles-up-for-business-pr-t2ii3283p.html |archive-date=June 26, 2008 |url-status=dead }}
In 2008, the company supported the British Horse Society by offering a saddle as a prize to new members.{{Cite web |url=http://www.equestrian.co.uk/NewsArticles/Devoucouxgivesmassiveboos.asp |title=Devoucoux gives massive boost to BHS Scotland membership drive, Equestrian, August 14, 2008 |access-date=March 18, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003195630/http://www.equestrian.co.uk/NewsArticles/Devoucouxgivesmassiveboos.asp |archive-date=October 3, 2011 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.bhsnorthwest.org.uk/cgi-bin/news.pl?RecordNumber=287 |title=Devoucoux gives massive boost to BHS Scotland membership drive, Information Centre 2008/08/20 |access-date=2009-03-18 |archive-date=2011-09-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110905130706/http://www.bhsnorthwest.org.uk/cgi-bin/news.pl?RecordNumber=287 |url-status=live }}
Sponsorship
Devoucoux is an active sponsorship brand, sponsoring riders including Thomas Carlile, Gilles Pons, Rodolphe Scherer, Stanislas de Zuchovitch, Pippa Funnell, Dani Evans, and Jennie Brannigan.{{Cite web |title=Hartpury Festival of Dressage, 2008 |url=http://www.hartpury.ac.uk/dressage/news/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006205404/http://www.hartpury.ac.uk/dressage/news/ |archive-date=2011-10-06 |access-date=2009-03-18}}
Devoucoux was the sponsor of the $30,000 Otter Creek Grand Prix, a show jumping competition held over five weeks at the 2006 Vermont Summer Festival.{{Cite web |title=Vermont Summer Festival Horseshows, 2006 |url=http://www.vt-summerfestival.com/press_releases/pr2006/april11press.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080807175541/http://www.vt-summerfestival.com/press_releases/pr2006/april11press.php |archive-date=2008-08-07 |access-date=2009-03-18}} They were also a sponsor of the $25,000 Devoucoux Wild Card Grand Prix, HITS Culpeper, Virginia.{{Cite web |title=HITS enews, 2007 |url=http://community.icontact.com/p/hitsenews/newsletters/2007/posts/take-a-bow-laura-bowery-and-indy-star-ii-win-the-25-000-devoucoux-wild-card-gran |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090108134521/http://community.icontact.com/p/hitsenews/newsletters/2007/posts/take-a-bow-laura-bowery-and-indy-star-ii-win-the-25-000-devoucoux-wild-card-gran |archive-date=2009-01-08 |access-date=2009-03-18}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.devoucoux.com Official site]
Category:Manufacturing companies of France