From mass distribution to luxury brands, 200 years of success for the Desjardins brush factory

“We are the sixth generation. I learned with my dad, I was always behind him tinkering. » The memories make him smile. Daniel, 59, and his wife Angélique, three years his junior, are at the head of Brosserie Desjardins which bears their name. A real factory whose products have been sold throughout the world for almost 200 years. However, when we arrive at the site, in the village of Cauvigny (Oise), halfway between Beauvais and Creil, the factory does not look like much.