Table legs, shelves, wall brackets: every Ripaton product follows the same path, from Spanish steel all the way to your door. Most of the making happens in France, in our Montpellier workshop.
The journey of a Ripaton product
01Spain
Our steel comes from Spain
Our steel comes from Spain. It is delivered by truck to our workshop in Montpellier.
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02Montpellier
Arrival at the workshop
Every delivery is checked on arrival, then sorted by section and length before going into production.
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03Ripaton workshop
Shaping and finishing
Once the parts arrive, we bend, curve and grind them in the workshop, depending on the model. Made-to-measure pieces are shaped to the exact dimensions you choose.
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04Ripaton workshop
Welding
Every piece is assembled and welded by hand by our welders, then prepared for coating.
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05Powder-coating partner
Off to be coated
The parts go to our powder-coating partner. The powder paint is baked in an oven for a thick, durable finish, then everything comes back to the workshop.
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06Ripaton workshop
Quality check
Every piece is checked when it comes back: colour, finish, welds and dimensions. Anything that isn't perfect doesn't leave.
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07Ripaton workshop
Packing
Your order is prepared and carefully packed in the workshop, so it travels without a scratch.
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08Logistics partner
Shipping
Parcels go to our logistics partners' warehouse, from where they leave for France and the rest of Europe.
Partner
09Destination
Arriving at your home
In France, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands and across Europe: your order reaches you, just like those of our 40,000 customers.
Delivery
The journey in figures
Less road between the steel and your home
≈ 1,100 km
from steel to your door
From Spain to our workshop in Montpellier, then on to your home.
≈ 20,000 km
for a product made in Asia
By ship from China to Europe, then by truck to your home.
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Asia
Estimate for a delivery to Paris: Barcelona → Montpellier → Paris by road; Shanghai → Le Havre by ship via the Suez Canal, then by truck.
Behind every product
Know-how in the workshop, and all around it
Every order keeps our team in Montpellier busy, along with the partner companies that cut, coat and deliver with us.
12
team members
Shaping, welding, quality control, packing, customer service: the Ripaton team in Montpellier.
100
people or so at our partners
Cutting, powder coating, logistics and transport: around a hundred people also work on our products.
1 figure = 10 people
Who does what
What we do in the workshop, and what we entrust to specialists
In the Ripaton workshop
Montpellier, where every product takes shape.
ShapingBending, curving, grinding and finishing.
WeldingAssembly and welding by hand.
Quality checkEvery piece checked before it leaves.
PackingOrders prepared and packed on site.
At our partners
Trades in their own right, entrusted to specialists.
CuttingEntrusted to specialist partners.
Powder coatingPowder paint baked in an oven.
Warehouse and deliveryParcel storage and delivery to your door.
What's next
The next product to leave the workshop could be yours.
Table legs, shelves, wall brackets, made-to-measure: everything leaves from the same workshop in Montpellier.