Fire safety drills with the SDIS

Because the safety of our employees, our equipment and our customers' orders is essential, we asked the SDIS 51 - Sapeurs-pompiers de la Marne (CSP Reims Witry) to organise a real-life manoeuvre on our premises, combining evacuation, rescue and fire. The morning provided an opportunity to put our safety procedures to the test, and was a great learning experience for all those who took part!

Family handover

After 128 years of existence, the 5th generation of managers represented by Pierre-Olivier and Victor Gagelin is preparing to gradually take over the reins of the family business. With its 80 employees, sustained growth and financial performances among the best in the profession, Pierre Bourquin faces the coming decades with confidence and in the best possible conditions.

Jean-Pierre Gagelin (au centre) avec ses 2 fils Pierre-Olivier (à gauche) et Victor (à droite).

ISO 9001, ISO 14298 and NFK 11-112 certification obtained

It's confirmed! 👏🏻

We're very proud to announce that Pierre Bourquin has successfully passed a crucial milestone.

We have just renewed three of our major certifications for a further year

1️⃣ The ISO 9001 standard, which certifies our commitment to our stakeholders and to quality.

2️⃣ The ISO 14298 standard attests to our absolute compliance with security printing requirements (luncheon vouchers, tax stamps, etc.).

3️⃣ And finally, the NF K11-112 standard , which Pierre Bourquin has also successfully renewed.

This standard defines very strict criteria for the production of cheques.

And all cheque fund or cheque printers must comply with it in order to produce cheques 📜

These 3 standards guarantee a constant concern for quality and security.

Above all, they are proof that all Pierre Bourquin customers benefit from the same level of attention, quality and security.

It was therefore a major challenge, and a real source of pride that complements our certifications relating to respect for the environment.

Garden Party at Pierre Bourquin

Every Pierre Bourquin employees and their families came together on Saturday 3 September for a garden party at the Reims site.

Young and old enjoyed the giant inflatable structure set up for the occasion.

The event was an opportunity for all the teams at our Reims and Witry-lès-Reims sites to get together in a friendly, informal setting.

It was a valuable opportunity to exchange ideas and get the new academic year off to the best possible start.

Pierre Bourquin's production volume for one week

A week of printing at Pierre Bourquin in 9 key figures

  • 40 tonnes of paper unloaded and stored 📜
  • 15 million secure payment vouchers printed
  • 3 million A4 sheets printed 📄
  • 500,000 bundles printed and assembled
  • 2,000 booklets printed, assembled and finished 🗓
  • 4 million personalised payment slips processed and dispatched
  • 100 customer files processed by our prepress department (the first stage in the production of printed matter)
  • 150 orders prepared and dispatched 📦
  • 300 pallets shipped 🚚

And let's not forget that 85 people are needed to register, design, print, assemble, prepare and dispatch orders.

Got a printing project? Now you know who to call for all your transactional documents and security documents needs 😉

Talking about paper in 2022? Where words fade away, writing remains...

In the digital age, paper is still used by many as a means of communication, monitoring and archiving.

Pierre Bourquin an industrial printer ince 1895, knows this all too well. Every year, the company buys 3,500 tonnes of paper to produce transactional and secure pre-printed documents on its rotary presses.

The printing market is going through a totally unprecedented period, with paper and energy prices at all-time highs, delivery times extended by several months and production quotas imposed by paper manufacturers.

Against this backdrop, we need to be vigilant and show solidarity.
Pierre Bourquin communicates daily with its customers on developments in the situation, anticipates their needs and adapts its supply methods.

Pierre Bourquin's customers are well aware of the issues at stake, and understand the need to pass on price increases.

THANK YOU to them for maintaining their confidence in a family-run, century-old French SME that is resolutely committed to social and environmental causes

Pierre Bourquin awarded Imprim'Vert label

Industrial printing is not incompatible with respect for the environment:

Pierre Bourquin takes action every day to promote sustainable development.

This involves major actions such as setting up active recycling programmes or reducing the use of products that are dangerous to humans and harmful to the environment. But it also involves smaller actions such as sorting all waste and taking eco-actions (turning off lights, printers, etc.).

This daily commitment has been rewarded with the Imprim'vert label (renewed without interruption for over 15 years), and an above-average score from the independent organisation Ecovadis , which awarded us the silver medal.

There is still a lot to do to continue to limit our carbon footprint while maintaining a viable company.

New Pierre Bourquin investment: Domino K600i UV inkjet printer

Pierre Bourquin has acquired a Domino K600i UV inkjet printer to improve productivity and enhance its range of transactional and secure documents for the French, European, African and Middle Eastern markets.

Installed on a rotary press equipped with 12 offset/flexo printing units dedicated to the production of secure and traceable documents (restaurant and gift vouchers, tax stamps, stickers, certificates, etc.), this printer can print variable data (text, image, number, 2D or 3D code, QR code, etc.) on both sides at speeds of up to 200m/min on a 300mm width.