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24-446: In 1795, Pieter Corbeels , a printer from Leuven , moved to Turnhout together with his assistant Philippus Jacobus Brepols , possibly to flee the French army, which occupied Belgium at that time. Corbeels rapidly became the town printer, and he printed passports and pamphlets for the city of Turnhout. In the summer of 1798, Corbeels went to fight against the French as one of the leaders of

48-487: A shop and paper trade were added to the business as well. Initially, P. J. Brepols traded the most diverse goods, from leatherware to hats. Religious works and schoolbooks were printed, especially in the first few years. In 1817, Brepols acquired the company Le Tellier in Lier , from which he had bought comics for children for a long time. Between 1817 and 1930, Brepols published about 623 comics for children. Playing cards , at

72-855: The Battle of Turnhout against the Austrians in 1789. After the defeat of the Brabant Revolution , he started a printing business in Leuven in 1790. He established his printing business in the Gommarushuis in the Tiensestraat in Leuven. Corbeels printed besides the ordinary, ordered printed papers, also a large number of inciting leaflets and almanacs. For this he was arrested by the French, on 28 November 1792, and transferred to Valenciennes in France. On 15 December 1792, he

96-527: The L’abeille de la Campine . This French-speaking magazine was not a success and after three years, as from January 1842, they changed it into a Flemish magazine De Kempische Bie , which lasted until 30 December 1843. In 1841 Glénisson and Van Genechten had about 80 employees, and in 1847 they had about 155 employees. In 1855, the company Glénisson & Van Genechten was dissolved and Glénisson & Van Genechten established their own company. Glénisson remained in

120-584: The Continuatio Mediaevalis) in the Corpus Christianorum series, which is in some respects seen as the successor to Migne 's Patrologiae cursus completus . Brepols has also published the third (of five) sub-series of the bilingual German patristic and medieval collection Fontes Christiani ; the other four sub-series are published by Herder Pieter Corbeels Pieter Corbeels ( Leuven , 12 March 1755 – Tournai , 21 June 1799)

144-530: The Management Council of the company. The special paper production were grouped, in 1960, in a new company, the N.V Copa , in which three companies of Turnhout merged their business. In 1967, this business activity was taken over by the newly established company N.V Turpa , together with the departments for colored paper of Biermans , Van Genechten and Copa. In 1970, Brepols, Biermans and Van Genechten, brought together their playing card business and created

168-512: The business from her. The Brepols printing business in Turnhout grew out of this. This biographical article related to the military is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Van Genechten Packaging Van Genechten Packaging is a Belgian printing company, located in Turnhout . It is one of the companies of the printing valley located around Turnhout, Belgium . One of

192-463: The company Carta Mundi as a joint venture , a world leader in the production of playing cards. More and more the company printed and bound books for other companies, due to the large decline of the need for church books caused by the Second Vatican Council . When the location of an industrial building in the centre of the city of Turnhout could no longer be justified, an area of 7 hectares

216-555: The company started the first magazine of the Kempen (E: Campine ), the ‘’Algemeen Aenkondigingsblad’’, which was printed by Brepols up to 1875. On 3 January 1845, P. J. Brepols died and the company was continued by his only daughter, Antoinette Brepols, who had married Jan Jozef Dierckx, a merchant, in 1820. On 4 May 1835 P.J. Brepols had announced that his son-in-law would enter the family business, which would then become Brepols & Dierckx Son . When P. J. Brepols died in 1845, his daughter

240-462: The company was incorporated into the N.V etablissementen Brepols and François du Four became President of the Management Council of Brepols. In 1913, and 1930, the buildings of the company were enlarged, while previously already new buildings had been built in 1887 and 1890, in the Papenstraat in Turnhout. At the beginning of 1921 a new department was established for the printing of wallpaper. In 1929,

264-511: The company, Glénisson saw his chances to reach the top of the company evaporate, and started together with Antoine Van Genechten their own printing business in the Hofstraat in Turnhout. They specialized themselves in the same products as Brepols, which of course lead to fierce competition. In 1837, they moved their company to the Warandestraat . On 2 January 1839 they founded their own magazine,

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288-443: The company. But the tide turned and the company, which employed at its heyday some 2200 people, was split up in 4 separate smaller companies. In 2003, two companies of the group filed for bankruptcy. The publisher and a part of the book binding activity continue to exist. At present it employs still about 200 people. In academic circles Brepols is particularly well known as the publisher of Greek patristic and medieval Latin works (in

312-582: The factory in the Warandestraat and Van Genechten set up a new building in Den Dijk , now Merodelei, in Turnhout: Etabl. Antoine Van Genechten . The new company continued to produce the same products as its competitors. On 15 December 1868 the company got a license for pressing Chinese playing cards and in 1869, the factory was expanded. The printing of comics ( kinderprenten ) was discontinued in 1870 and

336-512: The head of the Brepols Company. In 1868 she remarried with Arthur Dufour, an engineer, who did not involve himself very much in the business of his wife. At the beginning of the twentieth century, their son, baron François du Four took over the family business from his mother. In the meantime the company had grown to become the biggest of its kind in Belgium and had about 1000 employees. In 1911,

360-570: The originators of the company, J.E. Glénisson was born in Keeken , Germany , in 1808. His father married the sister of the wife of Philippus Jacobus Brepols . J.E. Glénisson studied in Saint-Omer ( France ) and came to work afterwards in the Brepols factory of his uncle in Turnhout . In 1830, he was promoted to first clerk. He married with C.A. Peeters. When in 1833 P.J. Brepols introduced his son-in-law into

384-422: The printing blocks were sold to Beersmans-Pleek . On 14 July 1874, Antoine Van Genechten died and the company was continued by his oldest son-in-law, Jean De Somer . The company business expanded greatly, which was rewarded with honors at expositions in Belgium and abroad. In 1909, the company was incorporated into a N.V. . In 1912, Jan-Antoon De Somer succeeded his father and his brother, Paul De Somer , joined

408-581: The production of wallpaper by Brepols had amounted to this six millions roles. To overcome the trade restrictions imposed by the customs authorities of the United Kingdom and France in 1932, in Halluin (France) the Société Française des Papiers Brepols was created, in order to not to lose this important market. In 1945, baron François du Four died and his son Jean du Four succeeded him as President of

432-618: The summer of 1798 as a leader of the Boerenkrijg also known as the Peasants' War (1798) against the French. On 25 November 1798, he was caught in Postel and taken by the French, whereupon he ended up in the prison, and was executed, together with Albert Meulemans, on 21 June 1799 in Tournai. His widow initially continued the printing business, together with Philippus Jacobus Brepols, but in 1800 he bought

456-571: The time, were printed in Antwerp , Brussels , and mainly in Dinant , but as of 1826, Brepols started printing playing cards and soon became the most important producer of them. Brepols also started to produce special types of paper. The then still rather new method of lithography was introduced at Brepols in 1829. When Belgium became independent in 1830, the business to the Netherlands was lost. On 5 July 1834

480-404: The ‘’ Boerenkrijg ’’. He was caught and executed. Because of Corbeels' fight against the French, his apprentice, Philippus Jacobus Brepols, had to take over responsibility for the printing company. Corbeels' widow managed the business for a short while, but from 1800 onwards P. J. Brepols gradually took over the house and the business. Soon the printing business was expanded with bookbinding, and

504-701: Was a Belgian book printer and resistance leader. He was a founder of the Belgian-based publishing company Brepols . He commanded part of the Brabantine forces during a revolt against the French Revolutionary regime known as the Boerenkrijg ("Peasants' War"). He was executed for his role in the war. Corbeels, was a corporal in the Austrian army. He fought in the rebel army of Jean-André van der Mersch , who won

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528-410: Was already a widow. She was assisted by Stefan Splichal, who mainly managed the publication of the ’Algemeen Aenkondigingsblad’’. In 1853 the first steam engine was introduced in the company. In 1860, the son of Antoinette, Jan Willem Dierckx, married Josephina Frederika Dessauer, the daughter of an industrialist from Aschaffenburg ( Germany ). When Jan Willem died in 1866, his widow Josephina became

552-513: Was bought in an industrial area outside the city and the first construction phase of the new building started in June 1969. In 1971, baron Louis de Cartier de Marchienne took over as the President of the Management Council. Under his leadership, the second phase of the work was completed in 1973, so that in 1974 the company moved to its new location. The site was further extended in 1989 for the expansion of

576-502: Was released whereupon he resumed printing. In 1793 he moved into the house called Hertog van Brabant on the Grote Markt of Leuven. In 1796, he moved with his wife, Barbara Panz, and assistant, Philippus Jacobus Brepols , to Turnhout , where he was less impeded by the French. On 16 September 1797, his wife died and on 31 October he remarried with Joanna Antonia Servaes. Corbeels remarried while living in Turnhout, and he left Turnhout in

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