In this blog you can read about the future of printing, about challenges and solutions, about sustainability, trends and surprising developments, about the possibilities of new printing and finishing techniques, insights that can inspire you to look at your printing in a different way … In short, a unique peek into the world of Daddy Kate.
‘DADDY KATE HAS THE RIGHT MENTALITY TO GO ON FOR A LONG TIME’ Reculer pour mieux sauter, says the French proverb. Jumping has been done by the Daddy Kate Group for several years now, together with its partner companies. But to jump thoughtfully, it is…
It’s official now. The Daddy Kate Group is entering into close partnership with Publi-FDM. Have a meeting in Sint-Pieters-Leeuw, near Brussels with Thijs Claes – CEO of Daddy Kate – and with Franky De Meyer of Publi-FDM. Growth market, sustainability and scaling. Are these the…
Shareholding intended to boost sustainable growth ambitions of visual communications specialist Sint-Pieters-Leeuw/Sint-Lievens-Houtem, 6 February 2023 – Investment company Daddy Kate Group lends its strength to the sustainable growth ambitions of Publi-FDM, the East Flemish specialist in visual communications and large-format printing. Publi-FDM is now affiliated…
At DADDY KATE, all team leaders are evaluated anonymously by their team members. Every year we ask the same 40 questions and measure whether progress is being made or not. It is not an exam, but a way to start a conversation about the functioning…
24/11/2022 So who are the entrepreneurs affiliated to Voka – KvK Vlaams-Brabant? To find out, we ask them about their personal vision, passion, career, interests … A bit like at networking events, only on paper, and for all our readers. From 50 questions, the entrepreneur…
It is difficult to predict the future, especially as one crisis seems to follow another. Nevertheless, Thijs Claes remains confident about the course he has set for printing company Daddy Kate as ceo. As such, he is pushing ahead with the planned investment in a…
Last week we signed a contract with Scholt Energy to install solar panels on our roof. If all goes well, this investment will allow us to enjoy solar energy as early as next spring! On an annual basis, we will be able to cover about…
Within 100 years, we want to still be there as an independent family business. Ambitious? Perhaps. But you could also call it a radical long-term vision. A vision that focuses not so much on short-term turnover, growth or profit, but rather on creating a strong…
With two sites in Belgium and France, the family-owned business is able to meet the challenges of supplies and tight deadlines while striving for carbon neutrality, to which PEFC certification contributes. Daddy Kate has been a family-owned printing company for two generations. Today, the company…
BUSINESS – While talking to CEO Thijs Claes of Daddy Kate of Sint-Pieters-Leeuw (Belgium), it is immediately striking with what openness Claes talks about his company. And within that, it is particularly striking that 20% of the net company profit is distributed annually to all…
If a company achieves good results, everyone can enjoy it. Sounds logical, doesn’t it? That’s why at DADDY KATE we share 20% of our profits equally among all employees. The Belgian government supports this initiative through CLA 90 (collective bargaining agreement), so that as an…
In recent years, DADDY KATE acquired no fewer than four printing companies. One in Belgium. Three in France. Who were they? What did they do? But above all, who are they today …and tomorrow? Today the fourth and final ‘BEFORE & AFTER’: DV3 (April 2021)….
Every year, HP Indigo organises a three-day event in Tel Aviv for its 200 best customers worldwide. Naturally, as the fastest-growing customer in the Benelux, DADDY KATE could not be absent from this event in May 2022. Moreover, our CEO Thijs Claes was part of…
In recent years, DADDY KATE acquired no fewer than four printing companies. Three in France. One in Belgium. Who were they? What did they do? But above all, who are they today … and tomorrow? Today the ‘BEFORE & AFTER’ of our 3rd acquisition: Carte…
In recent years, DADDY KATE acquired no fewer than four printing companies. Three in France. One in Belgium. Who were they? What did they do? But above all, who are they today … and tomorrow? Herewith the ‘BEFORE & AFTER’ of our 2nd acquisition: Imprimerie…
In recent years, DADDY KATE acquired no fewer than four printing companies. Three in France. One in Belgium. Who were they? What did they do? But above all, who are they today … and tomorrow? Today with Becquart Impressions, you are reading the first of…
Daddy Kate is a fast-growing offset and large format printing company. Since the arrival of the second generation, the Brussels-based company has grown both in depth and breadth. More than ever, Daddy Kate relies on powerful and flexible support for both their administration and production….
By 2024, we want Daddy Kate to be carbon neutral. A tight but mostly challenging plan. Curious about how we approach it? WORKING ON OUR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT On paper, a printing company does not seem like a textbook example of sustainability. Yet we want to…
“The more autonomously employees make decisions, the more engaged they are and the more ownership they feel of the company” Radical transparency and a participative collaboration model where employees decide on investments and recruitment is the hr strategy of Thijs Claes, ceo of printing company…
Fast innovating in print The theme Fast Forward in Print already gave it away: the print shop of the future is looking ahead and moving fast with innovation. People, automation and sustainability were the recurring topics during The Congress, with innovation as the connecting factor….
In this special series of the Trends Podcast, we explore what the CEO of the future should look like. The basis for this series is an online survey that Trends conducted in collaboration with PwC. In the following episodes, we test the conclusions against some…
Daddy Kate, a family-run printing company in Sint-Pieters-Leeuw with 125 employees, is a maverick in its sector. Long-term vision, autonomy, transparency and trust are at the heart of the company’s culture. “Clear and fast internal communication makes these principles tangible for our employees,” says CEO…
According to Thijs Claes, the CEO of Daddy Kate and a member of the second generation of the family business, acquisitions are the only way to grow structurally. His direct hr approach, radical transparency and participative collaboration model lead to engaged employees. THIJS CLAES “Everything…
Posing boldly in front of the lens. Or with a goofy mouth. They were clearly in the mood. By ‘them’ we mean Mats, Ella, Amber, Ise and Stan. The five oldest Claes descendants of the third generation. Thursday, July 1, 2021. The first day of…
Daddy Kate, the Claes family’s graphics group in Sint-Pieters-Leeuw in Flemish Brabant, is pushing the accelerator even in the midst of a corona crisis. The company is making acquisitions and investing heavily. “To grow in a shrinking market, you have to keep looking at acquisitions,”…
With the takeover of printing company DV3 in Overijse, DaddyKate, the Claes family’s graphics group, is on its fourth acquisition in less than two years. According to Thijs Claes, Daddy Kate’s CEO, this takeover will generate around two million euros of extra turnover on an…
Even on a structurally shrinking market and in full crisis, you can reap success and even grow. Thijs Claes, CEO of printing company Daddy Kate did so through strategic acquisitions, a new leadership style and a far-reaching focus on the customer. 17th november 2020 | Bjorn…
By Bert Vandebuerie 27th oct ’20 Thijs Claes, who studied Germanic languages and philosophy and even taught for a while, decided in 2009 to join his parents’ printing business. For him, it was a leap into the unknown, an experiment. Above all, he wanted a taste…
Philosopher, Dutch teacher and ‘absolutely not interested’ in his parents’ printing business, that was Thijs Claes until 2009. Until the family asked him to become CEO and he made Daddy Kate profitable again, with Booking.com as his dream reference. A contrary story about breaking printing…
4 out of 10 companies have restarted or plan to do so in the near future. This is according to a survey of more than 1,000 companies by Voka, the Flemish network of enterprises. 85 per cent of all companies have taken measures to keep…
For this month’s Place Préférée, we went out with Thijs Claes. As the young CEO of Daddy Kate, he is a true Flemish-Brabant entrepreneur. For instance, they recently became the first Belgian offset printer to invest in a new digital printing press, making them the…
To strengthen their position in the Belgian graphics market, Daddy Kate (Sint-Pieters-Leeuw) has installed the HP Indigo 12000 digital press. This makes Daddy Kate the first major offset player in Belgium to invest in this machine. This allows the company to better respond to the…
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