Prospectus publicitaire commandé par Anthoine Émile et Fils en 1944 à l’imprimeur parisien Draeger. Advertising brochure ordered by Anthoine Émile et Fils in 1944 from Parisian printer Draeger. 1947 THE FOUNDATION OF ANTHOGYR Under the German occupation, France’s Vichy recorded in the order book placed orders regime formed organization committees for Anthogyr products! The success was (Comités d’organisation - CO) to oversee the proof of the need for dental instruments in country’s economy and to set policy for branches France and Germany, but was also evidence of industry. At the initiative of one of the COs, of the “considerable effort” (the phrase used Anthoine Émile et Fils began manufacturing in a 1946 letter) put forth by the company to dental instruments while continuing to take grow its business. The firm not only put its on subcontracting work for micromechanical sales representative to work, it also designed parts. The business was formed out of next advertising brochures printed by Draeger, the to nothing, as indicated by a 1946 memo best printer in Paris. In 1947, four of Émile sent to the Minister of Industrial Production: Anthoine’s grandsons laid claim to their share “At the recommendation of the organization of the family business, causing the company committee, three years ago we built a business from scratch manufacturing light dental In 1943, Anthoine Émile et Fils devices.” 1At the same time, the Anthoine establishments learned how to operate 15 began manufacturing dental Tornos lathes, initially made to manufacture instruments while continuing to watch screws but which were easily adaptable take on subcontracting work to produce parts for dentistry instead. The for micromechanical parts company had its first dentistry clients in January 1943. The Anthogyr brand was born that same year. The “Antho” in Anthogyr to split. Anthogyr broke away from AEF and came from the Anthoine surname, while officially became an independent entity. After “gyr” came from the Greek word for “turning.” that, it was up to René Anthoine and his The suffix referred to both the lathe used brothers to ensure the continued growth of in bar turning and the dentist’s drill. The the dentistry specialty now housed in their company’s new business grew rapidly. In brand-new factory at 6, Rue des Trois Lacs in January 1944, ninety-five of the 208 names Sallanches, France. 1Copy of a letter from the Anthoine establishments sent to the Minister of Industrial Production, dated February 26, 1946, reproduced in Arnaud Desgranges’s memoir, The Anthoine establishments: A bar turning company during the Second World War, between crises and prosperity, UPMF, 2010. 25 rygohtnA’d stnanruot sdnarg seL