{"id":1753,"date":"2014-04-24T22:00:18","date_gmt":"2014-04-25T05:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.road2cablog.com\/?p=1753"},"modified":"2014-04-24T22:00:18","modified_gmt":"2014-04-25T05:00:18","slug":"destination-france-grand-opening-of-the-bohin-factory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/24\/destination-france-grand-opening-of-the-bohin-factory\/","title":{"rendered":"Destination France: Grand Opening of the Bohin Factory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[\n\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em;\">Road to California has a great relationship with<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bohin.fr\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Bohin France<\/a>, manufacturer of fine needles and pins, sewing notions, and office supplies for over 180 years. Since 2012, Bohin executives have come to Road, sponsoring a vendor booth and meeting with guests.<a href=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/road-to-california\/destination-france-grand-opening-of-the-bohin-factory\/attachment\/vendors__i4c5967\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1756\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-1756\" alt=\"vendors__i4c5967\" src=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/vendors__i4c5967.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to sharing their tradition of unique products, this year Bohin was also delighted to introduce Road patrons to an exciting venture they were launching: the opening of their factory museum in March, 2014<a href=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/road-to-california\/destination-france-grand-opening-of-the-bohin-factory\/attachment\/bohin-factory\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1757\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1757\" alt=\"Bohin Factory\" src=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bohin-Factory.jpg\" width=\"630\" height=\"354\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Built in the beginning of the 19<sup>th<\/sup> century, and located on the Risle River near the town of \u00a0L\u2019Aigle in Normandy, France, the original factory has been preserved by continuous use, maintaining its original character and architecture. The facility has earned recognition as a registered Historic Place by the French National Registry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Why open a museum? Said Mr. Didier Vrac, President of Bohin, \u201cBohin\u2019s history is special because it still utilizes machinery and techniques developed in the 19<sup>th<\/sup> century. We knew visitors would find it interesting to learn about the innovations Bohin has perfected and how those innovations have led to developing quality products.\u201d\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Visitors to the museum receive a tour of the working factory through the eyes of its founder, Benjamin Bohin as well as see exhibits on how it manufacturers pins and needles, their history and uses. <a href=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/road-to-california\/destination-france-grand-opening-of-the-bohin-factory\/attachment\/bohin-machines\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1758\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1758\" alt=\"Bohin machines\" src=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bohin-machines.jpg\" width=\"630\" height=\"354\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>We wish our friends at Bohin much success with this new venture<\/p>\n\n]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1754,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[22,27,32,37],"tags":[180,330,433,831],"class_list":["post-1753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-road-2014","category-road-to-california","category-vendors","tag-bohin-france","tag-didier-vrac","tag-france","tag-normandy"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/New-Bohin-Factory.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1753\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}