Fichet-Bauche
Fichet-Bauche is a brand of safes and vaults with its origins in France. It specialises in products which offer certified burglary protection and/or fire protection.
The brand is widely sold and marketed in France, Spain, Portugal, Italy and French-speaking parts of Africa.
Fichet-Bauche is a brand owned by the Gunnebo Security Group.
History
The Fichet company
Born 7 February 1799 in Etrepilly, France, Alexandre Fichet opened a locksmiths in Paris in 1825 at the age of 26. He registered his first patent in 1829 for a safety lock and further patents followed in 1834 and 1836.
Shortly after, Fichet set up a small workshop in Paris and began expanding into the manufacture of safes. In 1840, he made his first modern fire safe made entirely of steel and using his now renowned, Fichet lock and key. As production outgrew the workshop, Fichet built a factory in Monceau in Paris, followed by a second and third in Lyon and Marseille.
Fichet died in 1862 at the age of 63 and the business changed hands frequently from Loius and Apolline Bonnet, to Monsieur Charlier, manager of the workshops, and then to businessmen, Monsieur Guénot and Monsieur Pinot.
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