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 we...

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...

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 of...

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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