ABOUT US

Auclair is the premium sport and outdoor division of Paris Glove of Canada Ltd., one of the oldest and most respected glove companies in North America.

Paris has been entirely family-owned since its inception in 1945, when founders Felix and Lily Monk brought their glove knowledge from the old country to the wild and adventurous new world: a place called Canada .

The company has earned an enviable reputation in the glove world as a premium brand synonymous with quality, style and performance.

"I think my parents chose the name Paris for two reasons: Paris was the city of romance, where the fell in love and had their first baby. Secondly, Paris signified prestige and fashion. Felix and Lily planned to build a line of fashionable products with high quality standards," says current president and CEO, Peter Monk, who took over operations in 1973.

Since that time the company's business has expanded more than ten-fold. The world has changed a great deal over the last 50 years and so has the Paris Group of Companies. Today, the Paris Group includes:
  1. Laurentide: Supplier of gloves, protective clothing and rainwear to industry.
  2. Gloves International Incorporated: Supplier of private label gloves
    3. to chains and department stores in the United States.
  3. The Paris fashion division: Supplies men's, ladies' and children's gloves to over 3,000 retailers in Canada.
  4. Auclair Sport division: Supplies and serves sporting goods stores and specialty shops with high performance ski, snowboard and cycling gloves.
  5. The Paris Sport division is the supplier of Dynaflite Softball Equipment and baseball equipment to Canada's team sport dealers.
  6. The Paris sport license division: Licensed supplier of the Diadora line of soccer equipment and clothing, tennis, running and urban chic footwear.
  7. Fablice Premium Ski and Snowboard outdoor apparel: This prestige brand from Japan is just one of the many product lines offered.
  8. Continental Cycling tires and tubes, Fiz:ik, Iron Case Bicycle transport cases, Lookin Saddles helmet mirrors form the core of the Paris cycle accessories division.

For all the growth and evolution on the outside, the inside of the company remains unchanged: A committed group of people working together to bring the best gloves -- and the best in sporting goods -- to market.

Thanks to this proud tradition, Auclair and Paris not only enjoy one of the longest sponsor-team relationships in all of sport with a 30 plus year history with the Canadian Cross Country ski team. Auclair is also the official supplier to practically every Canadian team on snow and ice including Alpine, Snowboarding, Freestyle, Speed Skating, Bobsled, Luge, Nordic Combined, Biathlon, Telemark, Speed Skiing and, of course, Cross Country.

When Ross Rebagliati won the first gold snowboarding medal in Olympic history, he was riding with Auclair. When alpine racer Melanie Turgeon ascended the World Cup podium, she raised her hand in the air -- it read Auclair. And when Becky Scott took home the first Canadian Cross Country medal from Salt Lake, you know it, Auclair was there. A proud history, a family approach and an unflagging desire to make the very best gloves in the world have made us who we are: strong, dependable and performance-oriented. We are Auclair.
 



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