- Biella
- Italy
 - Chantemerle
- France
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ATELIER has established a
network of small enterprises which enables farmers to have
their
own raw material processed into finished
products adapted to
their particular kind of wool or fibre.
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- Thanks to the
wide variety of skills possessed by its members, ATELIER
has organised many training courses: knowledge
of wool, shearing, sorting and grading of fleeces,
clothes manufacture and designing patterns.
These courses are
intended not only for members of the association, but
also for other people wishing to obtain the skills
required for professional activity in the
field.
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- ATELIER members
do not consider themselves as competitors, but as
complementary producers. They take part together in
markets, shows and exhibitions, also selling by mail
order and in some case on the spot. This helps to break
through the anonymity of relations with consumers and
create solid links. A specific ATELIER label guarantees
the origin of the raw materials used and helps them to
market their products.
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- ATELIER
seeks in various ways to draw wider attention to wool and
the different ways of using it:
- demonstration and
stands, in particular at the annual Paris Agricultural
Show
- visits of the farms or
processing units of members by groups and above all
school classes
- participation in
exhibitions, installation of a wool showcase at the
Museum of Natural History in Paris
For
the ATELIER exhibition "from the fleece to knitting-wool,
blankets and clothes", see the French
version
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- This publication
provides information on the association's activities and
publishes articles on the situation of the wool sector
throughout Europe, particular aspects of wool production
and processing, innovative
initiatives,...
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- ATELIER has
sought to draw attention within the European institutions
to the difficulties of the wool industry and put forward
proposals for the development of the sector. This
activity has taken various form:
- assistance in
the drawing up of the Report by Sixtus Lanner on "the
importance of the wool industry for rural areas in
difficulty" for the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council
of Europe (10.7.95).
- assistance with
the Report by Liam Hyland MEP "on the need for support
measures for producers and processors of European wool"
for the European Parliament
(20.3.96).
- founder member
of the European Wool group (EWG) established in May 1997
which brings together professional organisations of
breeders and processors from several European
Countries.
- ARQUEOTEX: a
European Textile Industry Heritage network and the
"Textile and Silk Routes", an initiative of the Council
of Europe.
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- A questionnaire,
translated into eight languages, has been sent to
professional organisations, associations, breeders,
artisans and enterprises ... Its aim is to draw up an
inventory of the exploited and unexploited potential of
the sector and elaborates proposals for presentation to
local, regional, national and European
authorities.
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- Head
office: ATELIER - Filature de Chantemerle - F -
05330 Saint Chaffrey Tel: +33 (0)4 92 25 71 88
- Fax: +33 (0)4 92 24 15 77
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atelier5@orange.fr
