Pioneers since 1926
From the creation of a bookstore in Valenciennes, France, to an international leading distributor of products and solutions, agility and innovation have always driven Lyreco's ambition to deliver what any workplaces needs, with excellence.
In 1926 Georges-Gaston Gaspard creates a bookstore named "Gaspard" in Valenciennes, France. The company fast develops a printing service producing its own paper products range and from 1936, starts delivering directly its customers from its first warehouse.
After the 2nd World War, Gaspard becomes one of the first BtoB providers of office products and services.
With Etienne-George Gaspard, son of Georges-Gaston then his son Georges Gaspard, operational excellence remains at the core of every new solutions:
- from the first Catalogue launched in 1959 to the development of a 360° customer experience allying human proximity, e-commerce and e-procurement
- from office supplies to expertise on PPE, hygiene or ergonomics,
- from one-day delivery to Home Office Delivery,
In 2016, Lyreco creates an Innovation Direction dedicated to the development of pioneer solutions, such as "frictionless" supplies and "Circular" products and services.