Pin Making Timeline

Thorns were used as “pins” for securing cloth.

5000 BC
27 BC

The Romans use fancy heads pins made of Bronze.

The anglo saxons pins, differenced by the head and the shaft.

476
793

The vikings used dress pins for fastening cloaks.

The utilitzation of straight pin to distinguish social class.

1000
1200

The wound wire headed pins become popular.

The french pins industry were the most important in Europe.

1300
1400

Start of wire redrawing, when metal die was invented.

The end of pin making in monasteries.

1534
1600

The manufacture of pins by hand had 18 operations.

Gloucester and Bristol center of the pin industry development.

1626
1760

Laigle in the french Normandie is the principal pin making area.

The first book about pins published by M de Reaumur.

1761
1776

“Division of labor” in Wealth of Nations with pin-making.

Lemuel Wright patents the first successful pin machine.

1824
1840

The pin manufacturing capital in the world was Birmingham.

The industrial revolution the start of automatic manufacturing.

1845
1850

From workshops to factories, from artisans to systems.

Pedro Folch Torne builds Folch Pin Factory.

1924
1926

Folch registers brand names Jabali and San Jorge.

Folch develops injection molding pin machines.

1950
1960

Folch starts quenching and tempering steel pins.

Folch starts building its own pins mahines.

1962
1970

Folch makes high tempered carbon steel pins.

Jordi Folch Marti Becomes the Company CEO.

1980
1980

Folch produces stainless steel, dipped head pins.

Folch starts of manufacture pins pear and plastic head .

2005
2007

Soho Prospecting develops ours first FOLCH Website.

Jordi Folch Marti retires, Folch president since 1980.

2010
2011

Folch launches Pins Art brand and collections.

Folch acquires high-efficiency packing equipment.

2015
2021

Folch starts his world pins route adventure with the website update.

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APR305932 200 pins

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Coloured dipped head pins, easy to use for his length and easy to see for his colour, Dipped head pins are made with stainless steel wire.
Base price for variant 6.85 €
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Sales price (prior to tax): 6.85 €
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Description

APR3059 Red Dipped head pins  - Size (1 ")- 0.023 in
Presentation: 200 pins in a plastic octagonal hangshell box
Flat packed in a plastic box with hanger( Reusable box, Stackable box).
Great for machine piecing.
Extra-fine stainless steel pins

Purple Identification Label
Have you ever wondered what type of pin you were using? Now you can quickly refer to the label on the bottom or our box, for the easiest pin indentification, with drawing, sizes, and our best advices as pin makers.
Our label has the product description in 3 different languages
USES: Ideal for lacing, patchwork, crafts

These pins are made by Folch, the oldest European pin maker.

spain

Alfileres para bolillos

uk

Lace pins

france

Épingles à dentelle

italy

Spilli per merletto a fuselli

portugal

Alfinetes para renda a bilro

germany

Klöppelsitze Stechnadeln

holanda

Kloskant spelden

belgium

Kantklosspelden

senyera

Agulles per puntaires

Total Length
30 mm
Wire Material
Stainless steel 304
Shaft Diameter
0.59 mm
Head Shape
Dipped
Head Diameter
1.75mm
Head Material
Plastic
Surface Finish Plated
Bright polished
Point Features
Highly Smooth
Bending Resistance
43%
Color Head
Red
Applications
Haute Couture
Shirtmakers
Lacemakers
Type of pins
Dipped head
Applications
Dressmaking
Units in box: 200

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