The COOP building was built in 1903 by the industrialist Léon Moulart.
The mill was one of the largest mills in Brussels until 1958. At its peak, in the 1930s and 1940s, the mill operated 24 hours a day, six days a week.It produced about 80 tons of flour every day.Over the years, the family business diversified its activities on the site: manufacturing of hats, machinery and tools, sale of coal, and machines and tools, sale of coal, production of cattle feed, laboratories, confectionery and printing.Moulart is also an example of the industrial families of that time. The family, the socialThe family, the social relations and the industrial project are intimately mixed and create a real network!Together with the industrialists Michiels and Bieswal, they laid the foundations of Côte d'Or. Have you ever heard of Belgium's most famous soccer club? The first name of the RSC Anderlecht stadium was the "Stade Emile Versé".Emile Versé was the partner of a son of Léon Moulart and in the first Anderlecht teams, the Moularts also ran after the ball. The CERIA institute was born in 1948. It is striking to note that the first general manager Van Laer and the architect Courtens in charge of the project are married to two daughters of Léon Moulart.And all this without facebook!
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