SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2016
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Graphius who are we?
Our story begins with that of Geers Offset, the parent company within the Graphius Group. Graphius has grown rapidly from the outset, and under the leadership of Denis and Philippe Geers, it has evolved into a group of print companies based in Ghent and Brussels.
Each day, our highly motivated 200-plus employees carry out large numbers of projects for clients, working in partnership with them to shape our future together. They provide an integrated print production service, ranging from brochures to hardcover books.
is moving to the renovated and expanded Boone-Roosens printworks in Beersel, just outside Brussels. Together, these two companies will form our Brussels division, enabling us to provide a better service to the capital and the French-speaking region. Stevens Print & GuidoMaes.Printingdeluxe.****, based in Merelbeke and specialising in smaller, high-quality print runs, joined the group in September 2016. It continued operating from its own site until May 2017, when it moved to our head office in Ghent. Here, it is setting up a separate workflow to provide the same high quality of service as Graphius, but in smaller volumes.
We use high-performance equipment, including 113 Heidel berg print towers and an integrated bookbinding facility. Doing all of our production inhouse gives us full control over quality, budgets, and throughput times. Importantly, it also minimises our environmental footprint. In 2015, a team of employees began preparing for an ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 quality and environmental management audit. This marked an important new step for the group, and the audit took place early in 2016. We are proud to report that we have now been awarded both certifications, providing evidence to our clients at home and abroad that we offer high-quality printing as part of a sustainable business.
In the previous sustainability report, we announced the structural cooperation with Flyer.be. The cooperation was started but ended after evaluation.
What of the future? We monitor the market closely, seeking opportunities to maintain and grow our operations sustainably. We are also committed to complying with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, discussed later in this report.
Graphius continues to expand The group is continuing to grow. In August 2016 it acquired Dereume Printing, of Drogenbos, which in the summer of 2017
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