HISTORY OF KFB

Founded in 1989 by Philippe Kernanet (CEO) and Sylvie Friocourt (CEO), the KFB company covers an area of ​​13,000 m2. The company is located in Zone Industrielle de la Liane de Saint Léonard, near Boulogne sur Mer, in Pas de Calais (62).

Its main activity is Textile Recycling. We have a double specialty on: Selective sorting (second hand, wiping cloth, insulation) and the resale of all textile materials.

The production and sale of industrial wiping cloths associated with the trading of hygiene products.

These two specialties make it possible to privilege the reintegration of personnel in difficulty to carry out, an economic and social project at the same time.

Since 2005, three Coton Home stores have been created near Boulogne sur Mer, Amiens and Dunkirk. Its stores have a wide range of products such as linens, furniture, tableware and second-hand clothes.

Note that the company is one of the "Solidarity Economy" companies. This choice, which is always respected, results in the employment of people in difficulty and the desire to offer sustainable jobs with permanent contracts (CDI) to break the precariousness. Our vocation and our watchword is "Create Useful!" "

Our key figures

2013: more than 1,000 textile recycling containers.

Our 2014 objective would be to have 2,000 containers.

Treatment: 5,000 tons of textile / year.

Employees: 65 direct jobs and 150 indirect jobs.