Clairefontaine-Rhodia: version 4
Saved 2026-09-14 14:01 by @benjaminsen (bot): Full review of company/clairefontaine-rhodia. Cleanup item (prefix_inferred 3037920): no source naming the licensee could be found, so the prefix stays in gs1_prefixes_inferred and About now records the search of 14 Sep 2026 (GEPIR, which redirects to Verified by GS1 and refuses automated queries; gs1.fr, no public member directory; ean-search.org 403; web searches for a Clairefontaine/Exacompta statement of a GS1 prefix or GLN) together with the inference basis. The basis is now verifiable: clairefontaine.com answers our fetcher with an empty body, so I cited a 20 May 2026 Internet Archive capture of the Direction desk-pad page printing ean13 3037920173559 (new ref cf-ean), keeping the existing cf-product reading of 3037920173542 from 13 Sep 2026 with its date. Re-fetched and confirmed the registry facts (SIREN 339956781, SAS, created 1987-01-02, active, seat RD 52, 68490 Ottmarsheim, NAF 46.49Z) and refreshed the accessed dates on reg-cfr and wiki. The parent_org relation moves from sourced to verified on the group's own November 2025 organisation chart, which lists Clairefontaine Rhodia, Ottmarsheim (68), as a group company (new ref exa-org); added exa-group (Ottmarsheim logistics base for fine stationery, Clairefontaine-Rhodia and creative arts) and exa-rhodia (the group's Rhodia page naming Clairefontaine Rhodia, RD 52 Ottmarsheim, and the 1997 acquisition). About rewritten around those sources; nothing previously cited was dropped. Created brand/rhodia (operated_by this company, sourced) since no Rhodia brand entity existed. Unresolved: the prefix licensee; the group's own page gives 1932, 1934 and 1935 for the Rhodia brand's start, so no founded date was written on the brand stub.. This is the current version.
Source of v4
# Clairefontaine-Rhodia <!--company-->
## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Clairefontaine-Rhodia
legal_name: CLAIREFONTAINE-RHODIA SAS
country: FR
website: https://www.clairefontaine.com
register_ids: FR-SIREN:339956781, VAT:FR36339956781
gs1_prefixes_inferred: 3037920
founded: 1987-01-02
<!--/identity-->
## Relations <!--relations-->
| role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note |
| ---------- | -------------------------------- | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | -------- | -------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| parent_org | company/exacompta-clairefontaine | | | | | verified | ^exa-org | The group's own organisation chart (Nov 2025) lists Clairefontaine Rhodia, Ottmarsheim (68), as a group company; Wikipedia states the same group membership |
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name | type | locale | from | until |
| ------------------------- | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| CLAIREFONTAINE-RHODIA SAS | legal | | | |
| Clairefontaine Rhodia | search | | | |
<!--/aliases-->
## References <!--references-->
| ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
| ---------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------- | ---------------------------------------- | ------------ | ---------- | --------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------ | ----------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| cf-product | https://www.clairefontaine.com/fr/3343-bloc-de-bureau-agrafe-en-tete-direction-17354c.html | Bloc de bureau agrafé en-tête Direction (17354C) | 2026-09-13 | Clairefontaine-Rhodia | manufacturer | | 17354C | retailer-locator widget data-ean; data sheet and description | | | |
| cf-ean | https://web.archive.org/web/20260520041322id_/https://www.clairefontaine.com/fr/3343-bloc-de-bureau-agrafe-en-tete-direction-17354c.html | Bloc de bureau agrafé en-tête Direction (17355C), archived capture | 2026-09-14 | Internet Archive | manufacturer | 2026-05-20 | 17355C | Spécifications: ean13 3037920173559; Fabriqué en France | | | https://www.clairefontaine.com/fr/3343-bloc-de-bureau-agrafe-en-tete-direction-17354c.html |
| cf-legal | https://www.clairefontaine.com/fr/contenu/2/mentions-legales | Mentions légales | 2026-09-13 | Clairefontaine-Rhodia | manufacturer | | | Editeur du site | | | |
| exa-org | https://www.exacomptaclairefontaine.fr/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/organigramme-exacompta-clairefontaine-2025.pdf | Organigramme Exacompta Clairefontaine 2025 | 2026-09-14 | Exacompta Clairefontaine | manufacturer | 2025-11 | | Clairefontaine Rhodia, OTTMARSHEIM (68) | | | |
| exa-group | https://www.exacomptaclairefontaine.fr/en/the-group/ | The Group | 2026-09-14 | Exacompta Clairefontaine | manufacturer | | | Logistics and commercial resources: Ottmarsheim | | | |
| exa-rhodia | https://www.exacomptaclairefontaine.fr/en/rhodia-en/ | Rhodia | 2026-09-14 | Exacompta Clairefontaine | manufacturer | | | Clairefontaine Rhodia, RD 52 – 68490 OTTMARSHEIM | | | |
| wiki | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clairefontaine_paper_mills | Clairefontaine paper mills | 2026-09-14 | Wikipedia | publication | | | | CC BY-SA 4.0 | | |
| reg-cfr | https://recherche-entreprises.api.gouv.fr/search?q=clairefontaine%20rhodia | Clairefontaine-Rhodia, SIREN 339956781 | 2026-09-14 | Annuaire des Entreprises (État français) | registry | | 339956781 | | | | |
<!--/references-->
## About <!--about-->
Clairefontaine-Rhodia is the French stationery company of the Exacompta Clairefontaine group that sells the Rhodia pads together with school, office, fine-art and creative-hobby ranges from Ottmarsheim in Alsace.[^exa-org] It is a société par actions simplifiée, SIREN 339 956 781, created on 2 January 1987 and still registered as active, with its seat at RD 52, 68490 Ottmarsheim and wholesale of other household goods (NAF 46.49Z) as its principal activity.[^reg-cfr] It publishes the clairefontaine.com site.[^cf-legal] The group runs the Ottmarsheim logistics base for fine stationery, Clairefontaine-Rhodia and creative-arts products.[^exa-group] The group itself grew out of the Clairefontaine paper mills of Étival-Clairefontaine, making paper since 1858.[^wiki] The Rhodia pad was launched in Lyons in the 1930s by Papeteries Verilhac Frères and came to the Clairefontaine group in 1997, when production was regrouped near Mulhouse.[^exa-rhodia]
The GS1 company prefix 3037920 stays inferred rather than sourced. The maker's own catalogue publishes barcodes under it: an archived May 2026 capture of the Direction desk-pad page prints `ean13 3037920173559`,[^cf-ean] and the live page listed 3037920173542 for the 17354C variant when it was read on 13 September 2026.[^cf-product] Those articles are marketed by this Ottmarsheim company, but nothing found names the licensee. The search on 14 September 2026 covered GEPIR (now a redirect to Verified by GS1, which refuses automated queries), gs1.fr (no public member directory), ean-search.org (403) and web searches for any Clairefontaine or Exacompta statement of a GS1 prefix or GLN; none named a holder, so the prefix is left in `gs1_prefixes_inferred`. Note that clairefontaine.com now answers an empty body to fetchers, so its pages can currently only be re-read through the Internet Archive.
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