Groupe Renaud-Bricault
The Groupe Renaud-Bricault is an industrial design firm founded in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Located on M. Bernier and J. Street in downtown Montreal, the firm was founded in 1964 and expanded to design facilities in offices around the world. It also specializes in industrial design for automotive and aerospace industries and has worked on projects at NASA, Boeing, Chrysler, Cadillac, GM, Mazda, and General Motors.
History
In 1964, François Renaud and Jean-Pierre Bricault founded the Groupe Renaud-Bricault. Renaud, an engineer, and Bricault, a designer, met while working at Les Ateliers de l'Industrie de la Glace, a company founded by Jean Bricault in 1940, which specialized in design, production and marketing of refrigerators and stoves. Renaud and Bricault, who shared an affinity for cold-formed sheet metal, saw an opportunity to work together and founded a new company.
In the early years, the company focused on designing refrigerators and stoves, from the idea stage through to the manufacturing process. It also offered design services for the automotive industry. In 1966, the company decided to focus on the design of products for the industrial market. At this time, the firm also redesigned the offices of Renaud-Bricault.
In the 1980s, the firm began to work in the aerospace industry, with the first design projects for Boeing in 1986. In 1989, it received an assignment to design the Toyota Celica GT-Four at a design workshop in the Toyota Japan factory in Hiroshima. In the 1990s, the company expanded into aerospace projects, winning more design projects at Boeing, Chrysler, Mazda, and General Motors. In 1995, the company's design office in Pont-Viau, Quebec was expanded to make room for its design studio in Paris.
In the 2000s, the Groupe Renaud-Bricault expanded its design office to Montreal, establishing offices in Saint-Laurent and in Val-Bélair, Quebec. The company also expanded its presence in the U.S. to Detroit, Michigan, where it established offices in 2004. It expanded further in 2009, when it opened an office in Tokyo, Japan. In 2010, Renaud-Bricault was appointed the official industrial design firm be359ba680
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