Poron Absorba S.A. of Troyes, was a French textile and garment company founded in 1816 as Établissements Poron.Children's Business – Volume 4, Issues 1–6 1989, p. 106 "After three and one half years with Poron, Gailly is well versed in the company history. Founded in 1816 by Jean-Baptiste Poron as a fiber and fabric trading company, Poron gradually diversified into dyeing, knitting, and even manufacturingHelen Chenut Fabric of Gender: Working-Class Culture in Third Republic 2010 p. 81 Hosiery manufacturer Léon Vitoux formed a partnership with his son-in-law, Léon Poron, engineer and manufacturer of knitting machines; in 1876 Armand and Charles Poron associated their sons, Léon, Henri, and Jules, together with their ..." Its head office was located at 33 avenue des Martyrs-de-la-Résistance and its main factory on rue Suchetet at Vendeuvre-sur-Barse.
Its best-known brand was , a line of diapers introduced in 1949, with baby clothes and childrenswear added later."Absorba" at https://www.melijoe.com/en/487/absorba
The company was bought by Groupe Zannier, which became Kidiliz in 2016. Kidiliz went bankrupt in September 2019, most of its employees were laid off and the assets were bought by 7 other companies.
Automobile Poron manufactured an automobile in 1898. It was a rear-engined opposed-piston "motorcycle" with friction-drive and tiller steering.David Burgess Wise, The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles
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