Flemish Innovation Center for Graphic Communication
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Flanders
Flanders is the community of the Flemings but also one of the institutions in Belgium, and a geographical region located in parts of present-day Belgium, France and the Netherlands. "Flanders" can also refer to the northern part of Belgium that contains Brussels, Bruges, Ghent and Antwerp...
non-profit organization for graphic communication
Graphic Communication
Graphic communication as the name suggests is communication through graphics and graphical aids. It is the process of creating, producing, and distributing material incorporating words and images to convey data, concepts, and emotions....
, founded in 1997 and since 2000 located at the Campus Blairon
Campus Blairon
The Campus Blairon is a business incubator, education site, local government site, medical post and a seminar centre located in Turnhout in the campine region of the Antwerp province . The general services of the site are being managed by the DienstenCompagnie...
in Turnhout. The VIGC is the knowledge center for the Flemish graphical arts industry.
History
The organization was founded in 1997 by Belcoat, BarcoBarco
Barco N.V. is a display hardware manufacturer specialising in video projectors, LCD projectors, DLP projectors, LCoS projectors, LED displays, video walls, flat panel displays, automated luminaires, digital lighting and lighting controls....
, Brepols
Brepols
Brepols was once one of the largest printing companies of the world and one of the main employers in Turnhout . Besides its printing business, Brepols is also active as a publisher...
, Carta Mundi, Group Joos
Group Joos
The Group Joos is a Belgian graphical company, located in Turnhout, Belgium. It is one of the companies of the printing valley of the Turnhout region.-History:In 1935 Jos Joos founds the printing company Joos as a family-business...
, Proost
Proost (company)
Proost International Book Production is a Belgian manufacturer and supplier for the book publishing industry. It is one of the companies of the printing valley around Turnhout, Belgium...
, Van Genechten-Biermans
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.-History:...
, ACV
Confederation of Christian Trade Unions
-External links:* Official site....
, Febelgra
Febelgra
Febelgra is the federation of the Belgian printing and communication industry. The organization represents the professional printing and communication sector, and its main objective is to represent and defend the interests of its members....
, Fetra, Turnhout, and the VDAB. The European Union
European Union
The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
had given the region of Turnhout the status of an EFRD zone (European Fund for Regional Development), which made it possible to create the support organization for the graphical industry.
See also
- AgoriaAgoriaAgoria is Belgium's largest employers' organisation and trade association. The companies represented by Agoria are active in 13 branches of the technology industry: aerospace, automotive, construction products, contracting & maintenance, electrical engineering, industrial automation, ICT,...
- Science and technology in FlandersScience and technology in FlandersScience and technology in Flanders, the northern region of Belgium , is well developed with the presence of several universities and research institutes...
- Directorate-General for Regional PolicyDirectorate-General for Regional Policy (European Commission)The Directorate-General for Regional Policy is a Directorate-General of the European Commission.The DG Regional Policy is responsible for European Union measures to assist the economic and social development of the less-favoured regions of the European Union under Articles 158 and 160 of the Treaty...