Noyon Dentelle

Created in 1919 by Lucien Noyon, himself the successor of Gustave Noyon and heir to a long line of lace-makers, manufacturers and mechanics, the Noyon Group has developed over the generations. Olivier Noyon, named as the President of the group on 1st January 1998, persistently continues with the task of his ancestors, combining tradition and modernity.

For over a century, the generations that have succeeded one another have become attached to developing incomparable expertise. They have raised lace to its highest level by combining the demands of creation and the constraints of industrial production.

A visionary, the Noyon Group was the first lace maker to industrially develop the use of elastane fibres in the 1980s, the technical and commercial potential of which revolutionised the textiles industry. Thanks to this technological success, the Noyon Group began to grow: it increased its fleet of machines and developed its market share in Europe and throughout the world.

Quality, reactivity and reliability are at the heart of the project and inspire one same demand for all the men and women in the company.

The biggest global producer of Calais Lace, weaved only on the Leavers loom, or knitted lace on Karl Mayer machines, the Noyon Group puts its passion and expertise into its creation and innovation.

Every year the Noyon Group stands out in the market thanks to the creation of new threads, new effects, new applications, supported by a real power of production in Calais (72 Leavers, 11 Jacquardtronic, Textronic, Supertronic) and in Sri Lanka (52 Jacquardtronic, Textronic, Supertronic looms), and distributed by 8 international showrooms.

Since the first industrial use of elastane in lace, the Noyon Group has not stopped innovating thanks to a creative studio of 15 people, which offers the company’s prestigious clients a choice of 350 new creations each year.

An authentic laboratory of ideas, the Noyon Group develops over half of its designs in partnership with its principal customers, creates more than 1000 shades per season and is constantly exploring research pathways into new technologies (microfibres, micro-encapsulation) as well as into techniques for checking maintenance and fit.

The Noyon Group is Calais, heart and history, with the exclusive production of Leavers lace and the legitimate centre for the design and marketing of all the products.

The Noyon Group, to ensure a global presence, is a production factory in Sri Lanka reserved exclusively for knitted lace, Jacquardtronic and Textronic. Noyon Lanka mainly provides sourcing for clothing factories established in Asia.

The Noyon Group, through its 6 subsidiaries and its agents, is the largest sales network anchored in over 50 countries.

The Noyon Group has a significant fleet of Leavers which enables it to cover a wide variety of arrangements. It is to this generation of mechanical looms that appeared in the 19th century that lace owes its prestige. Indeed, no fewer than 8000 movements per hour that intertwine 15,000 different threads are necessary for the production of a rack 2 metres long and 6 metres wide.

At Noyon, a specialised mechanical workshop is able to intercede directly on all the vital parts of these precious mechanisms. Preventive maintenance coupled with technological research enables the development of the most innovative products linked to an inimitable technique.

Twenty-first century leavers, the digital leavers developed by the Noyon Group offers flexibility of production, optimum quality and particularly unlimited creation!

Liberated from Jacquard cards, the design arrives digitised in the loom’s computer. The mechanical constraints have disappeared, giving free rein to the possibilities of creation that have infinitely increased, with the number of virtual cards being limitless.

This innovation enables the creation of lace with exceptional wealth, extravagant originality and unrivalled complexity.

To respond to the changes in the lingerie market and ensure a global presence, the Noyon Group has equipped itself with a production factory in Sri Lanka reserved solely for knitted lace, Jacquardtronic and Textronic. Since 2005, Noyon Lanka has provided the sourcing for the clothing factories of all our clients established in Asia.

With a fleet of over 50 looms for knitted lace (Jacquardtronic, Textronic and Supertronic), Noyon Lanka controls the entire production chain from the preparation of materials all the way to the final delivery. Dyeing is completely integrated to enable the responsiveness and quality of service to be increased. A creative office, in close collaboration with Noyon Calais, enables the stylistic requirements of our clients in Asia to be met as quickly as possible.