Milestones

The print shop of Diamantis Arvanitidis, Chairman of the Board of Directors of our company and father of Thomas and Ananias Arvanitidis, who have undertaken the management of the company, is founded.

The company name changes to ARVANITIDIS LTD and with the assistance of the second generation of owners, Thomas and Ananias, the company relocates and operates in a new space of 400 sq.m.

ARVANITIDIS LTD becomes the first Greek company of the sector to invest in the acquisition of new coloured production equipment (SM 74-4).

ARVANITIDIS LTD, anticipating the developments in the sector in matters of decentralization, and in harmonisation with EU requirements on environmental issues, invests in the purchase of a new plot of land in the Ypato, Thebes and plans to relocate its production unit there.

The company relocates to its new, state-of-the-art privately owned 5,500 sq.m. building in Ypato, Thebes (78th km of the Athens – Lamia National Road)

Where a new production line is built after the purchase of new production equipment (CD 102-5).

Production becomes vertically integrated with the installation of a fully operational bindery.

After the purchase of additional equipment (CD 102-5 LX3 & SM 102-8), the production capacity of the company broadens.

Moreover, ARVANITIDIS LTD becomes the first company of the sector to invest in the purchase of image control, which is associated with printing machines.

Our company PressiousArvanitidis is certified by TÜV AUSTRIA, according to Quality Management Standard EN ISO 9001: 2008.

PressiousArvanitidis obtains a new certification by TÜV AUSTRIA, according to the Environmental Management Standard EN ISO 14001: 2008.

2010, Our company becomes a certified member of «FSC® surveillance chain», through Bureau Veritas France.

To date, we are the first Greek FSC® certified company in the sector, participating in the global group of leading companies, which create a shield of protection from reckless destruction of forests and the wider environment.

Our company PressiousArvanitidis is certified by TÜV AUSTRIA, according to OHSAS 18001: 2007 for Occupations Health and Safety.

PressiousArvanitidis makes a new important investment in production equipment by installing a new 8-colour double side flatbed printing machine.

Thanks to the new equipment, which produces 2,500,000 colour and double-sided A4 sheets on a daily basis, our productivity increases by 40% with the people of our company producing high quality printing products, imprinting on even more sheets of paper whatever our customers who have been challenged to "Print your mind "… may have in mind.

Another investment in production equipment is made after the purchase of a new 8-colour printing machine.

Thanks to the new equipment, our productivity increases by 30%.

PressiousArvanitidis invests in the attraction and recruitment of new employees in our Commercial department.

Aiming to further enhance the company's extroversion.

Our company obtains the licence to produce print material bearing the Walt Disney Greece trademark.

Our company’s certification shall remain in force for the next 3 years and is a continuation of the first certification given to us in 2012 by SEDEX, on behalf of a large multinational company.

The operation of the digital printing department commences, to initially meet specific needs of our clients.

However, the workload of the digital printing department rapidly increases. For this reason, since then we have been continuously investing in equipment related to the digital printing production unit.

The commercial and digital department is relocated, with the latter increasing its production capacity four times.

The ERP and MIS systems adaptation works are completed, in order to support a series of services offered to the company clients.

The investments in new thread sewing and glue equipment at the company’s bookbinding department are completed.PressiousArvanitidis applies the OKRs (Objectives & Key Results) methodology to discover and implement the company’s strategic plan for the next five years.