This enormous spinning mill covered an area of some 42 acres (17 hectares) and was founded in 1830 by Monsieur Auguste Badin. It produced yarn from cotton, jute and hemp. For more than a 100 years business was expansive but international competition eventually took its toll. In the early 1980s the company filed for bankruptcy and an Italian textile manufacturer bought the remains. As late as in 2008 business was closed permanently.
During the summer of 2015 demolition of the structures and sanitation of the area began. A few of the central and most characteristic buildings will be spared but their future use is uncertain when writing this (December 2015).
