Company / history and continuity

A workshop history built around metal and movement.

F. Labbé began in Nice with ironwork and architectural metalwork. The business later developed complex moving structures, including private funiculars and inclined lifts.

The funicular did not appear by accident.

François Labbé established the business in the late 1970s. The workshop worked with metal in many forms and developed a particular interest in structures combining movement, precision and use. That culture remains visible in today’s hillside-mobility projects.

After his death in 1993, four employees decided to continue the business. The continuity of the team preserved practical skills and supported a growing specialisation in inclined lifts and private funiculars for properties, condominiums and public sites.

This history is based on information published by F. Labbé and on the press material retained from the former website. Unverified anecdotes and figures have not been added.

Key dates / continuity

Stages that explain the present expertise.

Late 1970s

François Labbé establishes the company in Nice

The workshop develops a culture of architectural metalwork, precision and moving structures.

1993

Four employees continue the business

After François Labbé's death, four members of the team take over the company, preserving skills and continuity.

Today

Design office, workshop and site remain connected

F. Labbé develops bespoke inclined mobility projects for private, shared and public sites, subject to project verification.

How we work

Precision is not a slogan: it is visible in the details.

Read the site

Understand the intended use, constraints and people before drawing the response.

Manufacture methodically

Keep the design office, workshop and installation team connected from drawing to site.

State what remains to be verified

Do not turn an assumption, standard or visualisation into a promise before the required evidence exists.

Press archive

Public archives relating to F. Labbé inclined-lift projects.

The former Funiculaire.com website included a dedicated press-review page. That entry is preserved in the migration and now points to this historic section, without inventing a publication or unverified quotation. The documented projects and videos complement it with installations visible in context.

Discuss the project / first review

Describe the site before choosing the solution.

A few simple details are enough to understand the journey and prepare a useful first discussion.

Useful first documents

Photographs from the bottom and top
Levels to connect and intended use
Any available plan, section or survey

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F. Labbé
1 chemin de la Ginestière
06200 Nice, France