Our history
1950
The Lucien ALLAIN Company is founded, specializing in the manufacture of Venetian blinds
1960
Lucien ALLAIN and Pierre BERTHO found the ALLAIN-BERTHO Company and manufacture the first ALLAIN-BERTHO rotisserie oven
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1963
The official launch of DORÉGRILL: Pierre BERTHO and Lucien ALLAIN decide to work together to develop the first range of professional rotisserie ovens.
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1964
The installation of a small workshop in the center of Nantes, where our first rotisserie ovens are manufactured.
At this time, the company employs only 8 people.
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1975
The first small industrial production lines are developed, allowing the company to produce 5 rotisserie ovens per week.
1976
The company participates in their first trade show.
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1980
The workshop receives its first upgrade with the purchase of a pantographic punch machine.
1987
The arrival of Jean-Pierre Bertho, the son of Pierre Bertho, at the age of 22 years old.
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1988
Our Nantes workshops are no longer sufficient, so we decide to begin construction of an industrial building on the outskirts of Nantes, in SAUTRON.
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1989
Our workshops and offices move out, and we now have 1500m² of production space.
1992
Our growing company needs more space, so we decide to build another building next to the first.
We increase our production space to 4000m².
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1995
The creation of the iconic MAG spit-roast rotisserie oven, and the beginning of a long success story. Some 26,000 ovens have been produced so far.
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1996
We purchase our first manual digital punching machine.
1997
We purchase our second manual digital punching machine.
1999
Pierre BERTHO retires
2000
Our third expansion, and the construction of a building exclusively dedicated to the assembly of our basket-roast rotisserie ovens.
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2008
The replacement of our two old punching machines with next-generation resources, using robotic material loading. A new step forward to modernize the factory.
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2009
After more than two years of hard work, Dorégrill is finally awarded the SAFETY and SANITATION standards for the American market! This marks the beginning of a new adventure for the family business.
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2011
Our fourth expansion, with the construction of a dedicated assembly building for our American rotisserie ovens.
The creation of two DOREGRILL USA agencies in Los Angeles and New York. At this point, 20 people are employed there.
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2012
Creation of the NEOBOX concept, an original solution developed by Dorégrill to combine rotisserie cooking and self-service sales.
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2013
Two new digitally-controlled rapid folding machines join our production facilities.
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2014
The arrival of Paul Bertho, the son of Jean-Pierre Bertho, at the age of 20 years old.
This marks the arrival of the fourth generation at Dorégrill!
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2015
New offices are built. When you spend more time at the factory than at home, you start to appreciate a warm atmosphere and a comfortable workplace!
We modernize our communications, install automation in the workplace and invest massively in our IT tools to bring our clients world-class service.
2016
The purchase of a new punching machine and a new digitally-controlled folding machine. This new generation of tools allows us to work in teams, and in two alternating shifts.
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2017
We purchase a new automatic folding press machine. This significantly ramps up our speed and precision, helping us double down on quality and responsiveness.
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2018
Our fifth expansion, with more than 1000m² dedicated to quality control and dispatch.
We also created an automatic loading and unloading bay to improve our goods flows.
We extended our storage zone too, with the arrival of a new, fully secure building for our Stainless Steel.
2019
The release of the world’s first 100% self-cleaning rotisserie oven: the D-ONE. This truly is one giant leap for the world of rotisserie roasting
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2020
The D-ONE’s little sister, the D-BOX, is released. This oven is 100% self-cleaning, too.
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Work begins on the creation of a showroom and demonstration kitchen.
We purchase a new digitally-controlled folding machine.
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Today
We now design, develop and manufacture more than 6,000 machines per year in our French facilities.
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