Turnover: 1.3 million EUR (2022)
Country: France
Semi-craft surfboard manufacturer
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Surfing: Shapers Club triples its capacity 16/08/2023
- Company founded in 1991 by two brothers: Thomas and Renaud Cardinal.
- Current production: 1,000 surfboards per year with 13 employees.
- Current sales: 1.3 million euros.
- The company, which has been awarded the Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant (Living Heritage Company) label, produces one-off pieces for individual customers or small, numbered series.
- It also works for its competitors in the consumer market (Quiksilver, Rip Curl) when they require custom-made products for luxury houses.
- UWL Surfboards changes its name to Shapers Club.
- The company expects to increase production to 1,500 boards a year with the new facilities, and up to 3,000 boards with 20 employees.
- The new Marennes workshop will also be a place dedicated to surf culture, with co-working spaces, a gym, a bar, a skate-park and a store offering a selection of boards pre-signed by guest shapers.
- Shapers Club aims to make itself "more visible" in a sector that boasts three French semi-industrial players (Euroglass from the Landes, Notox from the Basque Country and Shapers Club), alongside some thirty individual craftsmen.
Studies mentioning this company
The surfboard market - France
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- Quiksilver Bilabong
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- SDG Distribution
- Ripcurl
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- Bisca Glisse
- Newave
- Yuyo 3D