Our history
1898
Abel PAILLARD, a weaver by trade, buys an oil mill on rue du Marché in Lapalisse.
1902
transferred to avenue de la Gare.
The master oil-maker produced walnut oil, hazelnut oil, toasted rapeseed oil and fine linseed oil for blending with oil.
The oilcake, transformed into pharmaceutical flaxseed meal, was used to make poultices.
1915/1943
Between the wars, the oil mill expanded.
Until 1932, the master looked after the business, then his daughter Anne-Marie Chervier took over management with the same pugnacity and her 5 employees. Abel CHERVIER, her grandson, took over from his mother in 1943.
1950/1970
Abel CHERVIER was a trailblazer.
Faced with changes in cereal growing, a policy of investment transformed the small workshop: new presses, a refining workshop and storage silos were built… At the dawn of the 70s, refining capacity rose to 2,000 kg per operation, or 8,000 kg/24H. The small company did not suffer from the crisis.
1970/1982
The years that followed became the real golden age of the Lapalisse oil mill: investments continued, with a new crushing unit, new presses, and the construction of an extraction workshop raising crushing capacity to 62 tons of seeds per 24 hours…
1982/1994
The adventure continues, with the arrival of Pierre CHERVIER, the eldest son, at the company’s general management 
Together, they continue the transformation and development of the industrial facilities.
Crushing tonnage rose to 25,000 tonnes, and refining capacity increased to 24,000 tonnes/year.
This expansion has not been at the expense of the artisanal unit that has been part of the family’s history for 4 generations.
In 1994, Abel CHERVIER handed over the reins to his second son Philippe CHERVIER, who became the new CEO. 
1995/2003
Abel passed on the baton and his passion to his sons.
L’Huilerie is still an independent family business, with up to 65 employees.
Until the 2000s, production continued to expand, but the beginnings of major changes were on the horizon.
The turning point came in 2003, when the company stopped crushing and refining rapeseed and sunflower oils.
Nevertheless, L’Huilerie remains a major player in the production, packaging and sale of specialty oils. 
2010/2020
These would be the years that would give the company a new lease of life, indeed a new impetus.
Despite the fire in the original workshop in 2012, which was quickly rebuilt, and the retirement of Pierre CHERVIER, leaving his brother Philippe as president, the recovery plan is underway: development of sales in France and abroad, development of organic oil crushing and packaging (2015/16), new automated packaging line (2018), new fruit crushing workshop in 2020.
2022
Huilerie de Lapalisse goes back to its origins.
To make itself known and recognized, it has adopted a strong brand name: ABEL 1898, a brand imbued with symbolism, based on the name of Abel PAILLARD, founder of the company, and the date of acquisition of the first mill in Lapalisse.
History is an eternal restart.
2023
The oil mill continues its investment plan initiated in 2015 with the creation of a dedicated bottling workshop and the installation of a new automated packaging line. And the replacement of the century-old presses with a new line of presses in the artisan workshop. 
