Joseph Rostaing was living in Villieu, a small village in the French department of Ain, just 50 kilometers away from Lyon.

François Rostaing succeeded into managing the business even though there was a major crisis following the revolution and the republican insurrection in Paris in 1848.

This soft and fat leather was sold to horse's and ox’s tools specialists (harnesses, belts…).

In 1920, Leon Rostaing, the great-grand-son, developed vegetal tanning with oak’s bark especially for shoes.

The luxury bootmakers and shoemakers in Lyon, Paris and Cannes were then using soles buffered "TANNERY ROSTAING founded in 1789."

Jean Rostaing, who was studying at the Tannery school[2] in Lyon, joined the family company and developed in 1959 a new business: manufacturing protection gloves.

Jean Rostaing was a partner of the first security group to protect workers all over their body.

Thanks to the French industrialization, the demand for gloves did not stop increasing and the company had a huge success.

The branch in charge of producing gloves is now managed Jean Rostaing’s three children: Catherine, Jacques and Stéphane.

[4][5] Raw materials - thread, fabric, wool, leather = are bought in France and imported in Vietnam to process them.

[7] 2006: Vertical integration In 2006, the company is coming back to its roots by developing the historical industry: tannery.

For instance, new jobs were created in France to take care of controlling the quality and safety of the products.

They will cover all types of terrain – from screaming downhill runs, across the high country, through grassy steppe and pasture to snow-capped mountains.