{"id":16922,"date":"2021-03-05T12:34:16","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T12:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.arop.be\/about\/"},"modified":"2021-03-16T11:20:46","modified_gmt":"2021-03-16T11:20:46","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.arop.be\/en\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"

Who are we<\/h2>\n<\/div>
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Arop is a sheltered workshop in Wilrijk, which provides work for 219 employees with an occupational disability, accompanied by 35 people. Arop is a sheltered workshop in two directions: on the one hand we provide work tailored to the capacities of our employees, on the other hand we deliver services tailored to the needs of the customer.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The location of our sheltered workshop in Wilrijk has 8,500 m\u00b2 modernized workshops: a machine park, warehouses and offices + 2,000 m\u00b2 refrigerated space for storage and packaging, but also the processing of open and closed food.<\/p>\n

Companies that want to spend their production or part thereof can contact us for this.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>

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Meet the Team<\/h2><\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Olivier Janssens
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Guy De Boeck
\n<\/b> Director of Production & Staff Services<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Luc Jannes
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Luc Schuit
\n<\/b> Manager Commercial Service Sales & Marketing <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Martine Brosius
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Peter Beulens
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Carina Joris
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Veerle Van der Goten
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\nStephane Brys <\/strong>
\nKen Verswijvel<\/strong>
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History<\/h2>\n<\/div>
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On October 25, 1961, Dr. Rene Smeyers, Mr. Michel Verwulgen, Mr Theo De Cuyper, Mr Leo Vandeputte established the non-profit organization Social Rehabilitation Foundation.<\/p>\n

Completely independent of any denominational or political group or institution, these people had an ideal: they cared for the fate of a disadvantaged group of people with disabilities.<\/p>\n

As a result, the Sheltered Workshop AROP was started in October 1965.<\/p>\n

AROP stands for ARbeids-OPleiding. Since its foundation, the goal has been: to offer people with disabilities the opportunity to gain work experience and to offer opportunities for advancement into the normal work cycle.<\/p>\n

AROP started its activities with one able-bodied and seven disabled persons in a rented house in Borgerhout. The initial capital was 300,000 borrowed Belgian francs.<\/p>\n

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In 1970 an old industrial building of 2300 m\u00b2 was purchased. The successive renovations in 1982 and 1987 tripled our surface.<\/p>\n

Together with the acquisition in 1979 of a second branch in Wommelgem, the total surface area was already 7 times more. In 1992, a third workshop with a surface area of 4000 m\u00b2 was put into use.<\/p>\n

The last renovations of the workshop in Borgerhout date back to 1995 and brought the total area to 22,000 m\u00b2 site surface.<\/p>\n

These expansions were only possible due to the steady growth in orders that increased the workforce. This created a lack of space. By 1995 the workforce had grown to more than 300 people with disabilities.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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