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ABOUT VECTOR VISCOFAN IN BELGIUM
HISTORY
With a history dating back to the 19th century in the distant lands of Japan, Vector Europe has a decades-long tradition of supplying plastic packaging solutions for the food industry. Check our evolution and growth through the years.
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1896
Foundation of Gunze Silk Manufacturing Co., Ltd in Kyoto (Japan) by Tsurukichi Hatano, a company producing silk apparel.
1952
Nylon full-fashion stocking production launched at Ayabe Factory and Tsukaguchi Factory.
1992
Gunze Plastics & Engineering NV established in Hasselt (Belgium) as a subsidiary of Gunze Ltd in Japan and starts producing plastic casings. It also establishes a corporation in the US for plastic film production and marketing.
1992
Gunze’s Australian partner for sales and marketing “Vector” opens a sales office in Hasselt.
2003
Gunze in Belgium achieves ISO 9001 and, as the first company on the European mainland, BRC-IOP, the food packaging hygiene standard.
2012
Gunze sells the production plant to Vector, its sole customer.
2016
Viscofan acquires 100% of the Vector Group and starts investing heavily in the plant, updating the machinery and the supporting IT systems which has led to a complete integration of the company within the Viscofan Group.
2018
Viscofan Vector Belgium achieves a double certification: ISO 14001 in Environmental Management and ISO 45001 in Occupational Health and Safety
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