What Crouvezier Développement does

Crouvezier Développement is a French textile finishing contractor (ennoblisseur à façon) founded in 1860 and based in Gérardmer, Vosges. Now in its sixth generation of family ownership and led by Séverine Crouvezier, the company operates from a single 20,000+ m² facility where it runs the entire textile ennoblissement cycle in-house — fabric preparation (singeing, desizing, bleaching, washing), dyeing (reactive and vat dyes for natural fibers such as cotton, linen and hemp; disperse dyes for polyester), printing (both rotary cylinder and digital via its Up'Textile branch) and mechanical/chemical finishing — across fabrics supplied by clients on a toll-manufacturing basis. The firm is structured as a SAS (Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 par Actions Simplifi\u00e9e) with declared capital of €1,495,239, employs 51–100 people, and holds OEKO-TEX, GOTS, Vosges Terre Textile and France Terre Textile certifications, supported by 30+ years of investment in environmental infrastructure including wastewater treatment. Revenue is earned through quote-based B2B contract processing fees, with a direct sales motion targeted at textile buyers, garment makers, designers, ateliers and industrial clients across France; the company serves primary use cases in home linens, event textiles, sportswear, hospital garments and technical apparel, with no disclosed named customers or published pricing.

Name

Crouvezier Développement

Legal name

SAS CROUVEZIER DÉVELOPPEMENT

Website

https://crouvezierdev.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1860

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Crouvezier Développement is a sixth-generation, family-owned French textile finishing contractor in Gérardmer, Vosges, providing in-house bleaching, dyeing, printing (rotary and digital via Up'Textile) and mechanical/chemical finishing to B2B clients across home linens, events, apparel and technical textiles.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Textile finishing services

NAICS

Textile and Fabric Finishing Mills (31331), Textile and Fabric Finishing Mills (313310)

SIC

Textile Mill Products (2200)

akta.pro primary industry

Finishing & Dyeing Contract Services (Job Work/Toll Processing) (IMAOACAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

Coating & Finishing Chemicals Application (Resins/Softening/Water-Repellent/FR/Antimicrobial) (IMAOACAD)

Keywords

• Textile finishing services
• Fabric dyeing services
• Textile printing
• Contract textile manufacturing
• Ennoblissement services

Headquarters

HQ city

Gérardmer

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Contract textile finishing services: B2B contract manufacturing providing fee-for-service textile ennoblissement including pre-treatment, dyeing, printing, and finishing. Operates as a toll manufacturer (façon) where clients provide raw fabrics for processing.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Crouvezier Développement is a contract textile finisher (ennoblisseur à façon) that performs fabric preparation (singeing, desizing, bleaching, washing), dyeing (reactive, vat, and disperse dyes), printing (rotary cylinder and digital), and mechanical/chemical finishing on raw fabrics supplied by clients. Operations are conducted in-house at a 20,000+ m² facility in Gérardmer, serving textile buyers, garment makers, designers, and industrial clients across home linens, apparel, events, and technical textiles.

Product overview

Crouvezier Développement is a sixth-generation family-owned textile finishing contractor (ennoblisseur à façon) offering comprehensive textile finishing services from its Gérardmer facility. The company operates a unified service portfolio encompassing fabric preparation (singeing, desizing, bleaching, washing), fabric dyeing (reactive, vat, and disperse dyes for various fibers), fabric printing (via two distinct processes: traditional rotary cylinder printing and digital printing through its UP'Textile subsidiary), and mechanical/chemical finishing treatments. These integrated services allow the company to perform complete textile finishing in-house, from bleaching through coating, serving diverse sectors including home linens, events, clothing, and technical garments.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Up'Textile: Digital textile printing branch of Crouvezier Développement

Products and services

• Textile Finishing Services (Ennoblissement) Full-service contract textile ennoblissement covering fabric preparation (singeing, desizing, bleaching, washing), dyeing, printing, and mechanical/chemical finishing, performed in-house at the Gérardmer facility for textile buyers, garment makers, designers, and industrial clients.
• Fabric Preparation (Préparation des supports) Pre-treatment services including singeing (flambage), desizing (désencollage), bleaching (blanchiment), and washing applied to raw fabrics supplied by clients.
• Dyeing (Teinture) Fabric coloration services using reactive and vat dyes for natural fibers (cotton, linen, hemp) and disperse dyes for polyester, contracted by textile buyers and garment makers.
• Printing (Impression) Fabric printing services combining traditional rotary cylinder printing for volume runs and digital printing through the UP'Textile branch for shorter, custom orders.
• Fabric Finishing (Apprêts mécaniques et chimiques) Mechanical and chemical finishing treatments that give fabric specific appearance, hand-feel, and functional properties such as performance coatings for technical garments.
• UP'Textile Digital Printing Wholly-owned digital textile printing branch of Crouvezier Développement, providing modern digital printing for shorter runs and custom orders alongside the parent's traditional rotary cylinder printing capability.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Up'TextilecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDigital printing branch of Crouvezier Développement. Provides digital textile printing capabilities complementing traditional rotative cylinder printing. Allows for shorter runs and custom/smaller volume orders while maintaining connection to parent company's full ennoblissement services.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• SPGPrints: Netherlands-based supplier of rotary screen and digital printing equipment and consumables for textiles. Comparable to Crouvezier across the printing dimension (Crouvezier uses rotary and digital printing like SPGPrints enables), with overlap on the printing process technology Crouvezier deploys through its traditional and Up'Textile operations.

Emerging players

• Kornit Digital: Israel-headquartered maker of digital textile printing systems serving apparel and decor brands. Relevant peer to Crouvezier's Up'Textile digital printing branch as a key technology provider shaping the on-demand digital printing paradigm the company is targeting.

Others

• Archroma: Swiss specialty chemicals company producing dyes and textile finishing chemicals (including OEKO-TEX-aligned chemistries). Comparable as a key upstream supplier whose products Crouvezier uses in its dyeing and chemical finishing lines, and whose certification strategy parallels Crouvezier's sustainable processing positioning.
• CHT Group: German specialty chemical manufacturer focused on textile auxiliaries, dyes, and finishing chemicals. Comparable as an upstream enabling supplier whose chemical auxiliaries are used in mechanical and chemical finishing (apprêts) processes like those Crouvezier performs in-house.
• DyStar: Germany-headquartered supplier of reactive, vat, and disperse dyes used in textile coloration. Directly comparable chemistry stack to the reactive/vat/disperse dye systems Crouvezier applies in its teinture operations.
• Lectra: French technology provider serving fashion, furniture, and automotive textile industries with digital cutting and Industry 4.0 solutions. Adjacent rather than direct competitor; comparable as a France-based textile ecosystem company serving many of the same brand customers as Crouvezier.
• Zimmer Maschinenbau: Austrian manufacturer of digital and rotary textile printing machinery. Comparable as an adjacent technology and equipment supplier for the same printing processes (rotary/digital) that constitute a major part of Crouvezier's service offering.

Direct peers

• Mariobosch: Spanish textile finishing company offering dyeing, printing, and coating services. Operates in the same European contract ennoblissement space as Crouvezier with similar B2B toll-processor model serving apparel and home textile brands.
• Verotex: Belgium-based textile finishing service provider offering dyeing, printing, and finishing to European brands. Comparable to Crouvezier as a regional European contract finisher with multi-fiber capabilities serving home and apparel end markets.
• Holzinger Textil: Austrian family-run textile finishing operation offering ennoblissement services to European customers. Geographically adjacent direct peer comparable to Crouvezier in size, service scope, and family-ownership heritage in the DACH/regional European textile processing cluster.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance4 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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