Ancienne usine Rivoire et Carret

The history of French pasta production began in 1860 with cousins Carret and Rivoire, who established their first factory in Lyon. To be closer to raw material sources, particularly from North Africa, they opened a factory in Marseille's Huveaune valley between 1890 and 1892. In 1925, brothers Francisque and Joannès Carret acquired land in La Pomme – La Valbarelle, constructing a complex of industrial buildings equipped with all necessary tools and systems for pasta manufacturing. This site largely represents the Rivoire & Carret factory known today.