Radio set
1903: Creation of Desmet Establishments in Lille. They manufacture electrical equipment and wireless telegraphy.
1934: They have 3 factories in the north. Activity intensifies during the Second World War, first for the Allies, then for the Germans.
1940: It employs more than 500 workers.
November 1943: All machines are sabotaged by the resistance. Production stops. It resumes after the war producing transistors and televisions.
Part of the company was bought out by its employees and is still active today.