Today, her parents, sister and she carry on the tradition of manufacturing Marseille soap. With the introduction of advanced cleaning initiatives so did the standards. At the same time in France, this modern convenience was one of the reasons dozens of Marseille soap manufacturers closed their doors. There are only four factories still in existence producing the soap as it was originally crafted centuries ago.
The culture of factories has evolved considerably since this period as has the machinery used in the process of making products. For example, in some factories, they have started using industrial pointing devices that help them with productivity within the factory.
If this is something of use to you then you can check out this shop sale here. I recently visited another factory which had a lot of new technology in it, I was shocked at how technical things are nowadays!
The soap factory definitely keeps things simple compared to this factory I visited. They even had heat recovery systems by Integrated Air Systems and it worked really well. However, the four factories here are still keeping the tradition alive. Culture means more than 17th century paintings and 13th century architecture, it includes heritage which is what I witnessed and learned about during this visit to the soap factory.
Authentic Marseille soap is made with vegetable oils typically olive oil , soda and saltwater cooked in a cauldron. This region of France was ideal for making soap because of the Mediterranean climate to grow olives and access to the sea to harvest soda and saltwater. Bousquet Fabre said while we toured the facility and she was right. Next to the cauldron room is a soap drying area.
