- N icol as ▁Bau che , ▁expert ▁in ▁fire ▁resist ant ▁materials , ▁began ▁to ▁produce ▁saf es ▁and ▁founded ▁his ▁first ▁production ▁factory ▁in ▁G ue ux , ▁near ▁Re ims ▁in ▁France . ▁By ▁ 1 8 6 7 , ▁the ▁G ue ux ▁work sh ops ▁had ▁become ▁too ▁cr amp ed . ▁The ▁factory ▁was ▁moved ▁to ▁Re ims ▁with ▁more ▁modern ▁work sh ops ▁incorpor ating ▁a ▁techn ological ▁break through ▁of ▁the ▁time : ▁a ▁c ement ation ▁furn ace ▁for ▁the ▁extreme ▁hard ening ▁of ▁the ▁surface ▁of ▁certain ▁ste els . ▁ ▁This ▁led ▁to ▁great ▁adv anc ements ▁in ▁the ▁protection ▁saf es ▁could ▁offer . ▁In ▁ 1 8 7 9 , ▁Bau che ▁demonstrated ▁the ▁effic acy ▁of ▁his ▁fire ▁saf es ▁with ▁a ▁live ▁demonstr ation ▁and ▁several ▁thousand ▁fr ans ▁emer ged ▁int act ▁from ▁a ▁safe ▁after ▁having ▁been ▁repeatedly ▁subject ed ▁to ▁fire . ▁Then ▁the ▁in vention ▁of ▁the ▁" ir on cl ad " ▁safe , ▁both ▁fire ▁resist ant ▁and ▁arm our ▁pl ated , ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 5 ▁really ▁made ▁Bau che ' s ▁name . ▁ ▁Bau che ▁expanded ▁with ▁the ▁creation ▁of ▁a ▁factory ▁in ▁Fe u qui ères . ▁At ▁that ▁start ▁of ▁World ▁War ▁I ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 4 , ▁and ▁the ▁factory ▁fell ▁into ▁the ▁hands ▁of ▁the ▁Germ ans ▁who , ▁on ▁their ▁retre at ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 8 , ▁raz