News, press and events

Thoonsen is quoted in an article published by Maria Ortega in the English daily newspaper l'Express : "Shoplifting offences are soaring in France, as more and more elderly people steal 'butter or cheese'."

Due to the increase in shoplifting incidents, cashiers have doubled their vigilance. Jacky Thoonsen, manager of Thoonsen, says : "A new demand in France today is for the protection of cans, sausages or tins. For 30 euros of anti-theft devices, I can protect 250 euros of goods for ten years."

Ludovic Jouaud, manager at E. Leclerc Cap Sud, in Saint-Maur (Indre - France), is confronted with quasi-professional individuals. But over the past year, because of inflation, there have been new profiles of thieves : "Currently, it's more of an elderly person, a pensioner, [who steals] his butter packet, his piece of cheese, his slice of ham, basic products that are experiencing a small increase." In one of the videos recorded by TF1, a man steals a bottle of shampoo, while he is filmed by a hidden camera.

> Read full article HERE : https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1715445/france-shoplifting-seniors-inflation-butter-cheese-ont

The mission we have set ourselves within the Thoonsen group is to produce, in the most responsible way possible, sustainable, practical and accessible products for all our customers at the best price, through:

• 100% FRENCH ECO-DESIGN
• the CHOICE OF OUR MATERIALS (e.g. FSC® and PEFC® labeled wood and paper)
• CONTINUOUS OPTIMIZATION of our products
• COMPLIANCE WITH SAFETY STANDARDS (handicap accessibility, fire safety and international standards)
• INNOVATION work in partnership with PERIFEM
• of our taking RESPONSIBILITY FOR TECHNICAL OR CHEMICAL RISKS (prohibition of Chromium VI)
• RECYCLING, CIRCULAR ECONOMY and RESOURCE PRESERVATION
• our SOCIAL COMMITMENT (inclusion, diversity and equality of internal human resources, participative management, international ethics)
• and finally our GOVERNANCE model, which allows us to pay particular attention to the development of our local economy, to the sharing of results within the team, to associative sponsorship and disabled sports.

Download the guide to our CSR systems => HERE

A long awaited new machine has arrived : the panel milling machine from Mécanuméric. With a capacity of 9,8 feet long x 4.9 feet wide, a vacuum clamping system and an automatic 6-tool loader, this little jewel with a 3.5 KW spindle will help us to machine large panels (wood and derivatives, plastics, aluminium) with a higher output.

CSR PLUS : two chip vacuums are being installed to separate wood waste from plastics. This means greater comfort and efficiency in the manufacture of our made-to-measure furniture !

When they arrived, they had a junior profile, some just out of school, with their eyes wide open to the business world. Today, they are our best experts.

On Friday 14 December 2021, the award ceremony took place for the 15 years of service of Adrien, Dorothée, Kate & Emmanuel, who all play an essential role in our success.

A big congratulations and thanks to them for their valuable contributions over the years !

On Tuesday 30 November, the Indre CCI renewed its board for 5 years. Thanks to the development of the CCI Campus Centre courses, Indre benefits from a range of demanding training courses up to Master's level, which contribute to the economic development and attractiveness of our region.   This year again, Thoonsen is proud to welcome within its team 5 students coming from high quality French schools: Estelle & Mustapha from ISTEC - École Supérieure de Commerce et Marketing, Guillaume from HEI Hautes Etudes d'Ingénieur, Jessikha & Camille from the Bachelor's degree in Business Development.   We wish them all the best in their career !

We are proud to represent our Department of Indre at the Salon des Maires et des Collectivités Locales (SMCL) Porte de Versailles in Paris, from 16 to 18 November 2021, where we presented our MOXO® electric mobility solutions and our ThooBee® intruder/attack alert buttons, innovations and technologies made in Châteauroux !   Many mayors and elected officials from the Indre region and from all over France came to visit us on our stand and we would like to thank them. We had great pleasure in welcoming you and would like to emphasise the quality of the discussions which enabled us to talk about your projects and to present our know-how and our mobility and security innovations. A big thank you to all of you !

Another great edition of the SMCL, where we had the great pleasure of welcoming elected officials from the Indre region and the whole of France to our stand at the Salon des Maires et des Collectivités Locales, which took place from 22 to 24 November 2022, Porte de Versailles in Paris, and where the Thoonsen team unveiled the latest exclusive innovations of its MOXO® brand of electrically-assisted vehicles, as well as our ThooBee® intruder/attack alert buttons.   This time of exchange and reunion was pleasant and instructive, and allowed us to expose to elected officials and local authorities our know-how and our innovations in terms of security and electric mobility, through our Made in Châteauroux technologies. A big thank you to all !  

To discover the whole MOXO® range, click here: moxobike.fr

"In a bag or directly under the coat, no product escapes the thieves."   As part of a report on the increase in shoplifting for the 8pm news on Monday 26 December, TF1 came to a hypermarket in Châteauroux to film our CEO Jacky Thoonsen presenting some of our anti-theft accessories.

An update on the diversification of our company through public procurement in this article from La Nouvelle République by Paul Boulben : _ "Founded in 2004, with 40 employees and a turnover of 8 million euros, Thoonsen presented a product derived from its know-how at the Mayors' Fair : alarm buttons for schools. This solution is part of the particular safety plan (PPMS), which has been mandatory since 2015. The company is equipping primary schools in Châteauroux.

In addition to safety issues, Thoonsen, which is banking on being made in France, was also presenting solutions in terms of electric mobility for public servants, with bicycles that can be adapted for transporting "disabled people, for delivering meals or for collecting rubbish".

The aim of this visit to the mayors' exhibition? "To diversify our clientele", says Jacky Thoonsen. And it allows us "to give national visibility", adds Claire Thoonsen."_

READ THE COMPLETE ARTICLE HERE

Pierre-Yves Rochcongar wrote a nice article in the newspaper La Nouvelle République about the company's expansion and our diversification projects :   "The Castelroussine company specialising in anti-theft devices has expanded its premises on Rue Ampère to make room for its diversification projects.   [...] A second building of 853 feet2 has just been erected to store equipment, prepare work sites and assemble orders. This expansion and investment (€380,000 for the two buildings) was made necessary by the company's new activities: manufacturing crate furniture (the Bricomarché in La Châtre will soon be equipped with one) with the creation of a wood workshop, and assembling bicycles and electric scooters. "The whole "made in France" part takes up space, it's a big logistical job", the boss of the SME points out.  

READ THE COMPLETE ARTICLE ICI.   Jacky Thoonsen in front of his three-wheelers for the transport of elderly and disabled people, manufactured in his warehouses in Rue Ampère, Châteauroux © Photo NR