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...

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....

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. Jos Steutelings,...

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 Cocquyt | Thijs...

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...

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