The Versailles Normand printing works, which recently obtained the label of Master Craftsman, has been established in Valognes in Normandy for 25 years. But Benoit Ozouf and his wife Mélanie Ozouf have been in the business for more than 30 years.
They call themselves "emergency printers". " For years, we have been asked for last-minute work that we have always managed to meet. We are open on Saturdays, which allows us to meet our deadlines. Working in a hurry is a market that we have developed." explains Benoit Ozouf.
A variety of activities
The printing couple works mainly digitally on Konica Minolta presses, including an AccurioPress C83hc installed in December 2019. They also have inkjet plotters for photo and canvas prints, as well as a solvent plotter for labels. " We also do a lot of emergency tagging, for vendors of ice cream, coffee, honey, etc." In addition to printing, the company is also active in laser cutting and engraving. It produces stamps, engraved plates, etc.
Engraved plates.
The Versailles Normand printing works is aimed at private individuals, local authorities and companies. Despite the health crisis, the printing house has not lost any turnover in 2020 but fears for the future, due to the shutdown of the cultural and associative sectors, which after having postponed their programming for a long time, no longer venture to program anything.
A green emergency printer's cross turned yellow
For more than ten years, Versailles Normand had been displaying a green cross as a sign accompanied by the slogan "emergency printer", like pharmacies. In order to perpetuate the sign, the printer wanted to register the slogan with the National Institute of Industrial Property (Inpi). But he found himself forced to abandon the approach in the face of opposition from the pharmacists' association. Since then, Versailles Normand has always had the same slogan, but with a yellow cross ..
