HERDEGEN EXPORT

HERDEGEN, A history of family, innovation, partnership and quality. In 1860, Auguste Herdegen founded in Paris a factory to produce sticks and umbrellas. Indeed, fashion accessories were essential at that time. In the 1900s, no less than 100 craftsmen were working in the Company. In 1924, by the end of the war, his son Paul was allowed to make the very first blind cane. In 1936, a government decree limited the number of cane users because of a growing number of incidents between the police and demonstrators. Furthermore, because of an important evolution in habits, the HERDEGEN Company started to develop the cane as a walking aid. In 1957, Jean Herdegen, the grandson designed and manufactured the very first elbow crutch existing in France. Other items such as tripods, walking frames were added in order to provide a larger range of walking aids.