About
H.LEGRAIN Institutions, a family company for over 110 years
Specialized in securing bays and shading, we offer a wide range of high quality products. Thanks to our expertise for over a century, we offer you a complete service. Our longevity in the market allows us to maintain a relationship of trust with our various European suppliers and «long-standing» customers. Individuals or companies, we offer a tailor-made solution to meet your needs and desires with a wide choice combining design (high-end finishes) and innovation (motorization and home automation). Ensuring a complete service within our company, our attention is focused on the customer and the realization of his project. Within Legrain Establishments, we also maintain an important link within our team, which has been present for many years.
Our history
Legrain Institutions were founded in 1913 by Henri Legrain, in an old carpentry in Molenbeek. Very quickly, they decided to specialize in wooden shutters and outdoor sun protections. During the interwar period, the sons Joseph and Jean joined their father in the company. To the carpentry workshop, were quickly added a workshop of making fabrics and a ironwork. At the end of the 50s, with Expo 58, the Institutions innovated by launching into the manufacture of interior venetian blinds, with material from the United States. At this time, Joseph was also joined within the company by his eldest son Henri. His younger son, Jean-Marie joined the company a few years later.
In-house production continued until the end of the 1970s, giving way to the development of a complete set of interior blinds (roller blinds, boats, wood venetian blinds, etc.). At the same time, the ironwork section has developed the production of retractable grilles as well as the production of large metal shutters. With the diversification of products available on the market (models, colors, materials,...), the company had to redefine itself and privileged the relationship with the final customer to the internal production. The Institutions have reduced their production, increased their installation capacity and adapted their staff.
At present, the Legrain institutions still located in Molenbeek, under the direction of Emmanuel and Nathalie as well as Antoine (4th and 5th generation of the Legrain family within the company), continue to produce some very specific products: old-fashioned awnings whose production has never stopped, some models of solar tents, awnings, adaptation parts to meet each situation.
Our expertise
Our full service
Client Appointment
Measurements and advice and proposal of a personalized solution
Free and non-binding offer
Order of various components and assembly in our workshops
Order a specific finished product
Complete manufacturing in the workshop
Installation and after-sales service
Client Appointment
Measurements and advice and proposal of a personalized solution
Free and non-binding offer
Order of various components and assembly in our workshops
Order a specific finished product
Complete manufacturing in the workshop