Sevylor

Sevylor traces its roots back to Paris, France in 1948. In Vitry, a small suburb of Paris, Berco Grimbert created an electronics company called Societe Electronique de Vitry, or SEVY for short.

SEVY was commissioned to produce high frequency welding machines capable of fusing a new material called PVC (Poly Vinyl Chloride). SEVY's machines worked very well and were especially useful to an American friend of Grimbert’s. Grimbert’s friend developed a very successful business manufacturing swimming pool related products in New York using the SEVY high frequency welding machines. Prompted by his success, he then taught SEVY how to work with PVC.

One of the first PVC products SEVY produced was an inflatable bathtub called the Dou Dou. This inflatable bathtub was an instant hit in postwar France. The media hailed the Dou Dou as a significant invention. With a popular product being sold on a regular basis, SEVY was ready to expand. SEVY added small pools and flotation devices such as rings, beach balls, and inflatable swim jackets to its product line. Safe, hygienic products, made of PVC and designed for portability, durability and convenience, became the SEVY trademark.

The company quickly outgrew its small facilities in Vitry. Mr. Grimbert accepted an attractive offer from the French government to take over a defunct textile factory in Buhl. After establishing its new headquarters, SEVY added the letters "lor" to its name, and became Sevylor. In French, l'or means gold.

For more than half a century, Sevylor has been inventing, developing and manufacturing inflatable PVC products. The current President and CEO of Sevylor is Konstantin (Conny) Klimenko.

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