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STARTUP INSTITUTIONS

A Gildewerk institution startup delivers engaging, creative, honest craftsmanship that repays itself in satisfaction, added value and sales

Creative, honest crafts that repay you with satisfaction, added value and sales. Gildewerk offers a comprehensive range of top-quality ingredients, equipment and tools for small-scale or larger candle and/or soap makers. Gildewerk also supplies information, inspiration and training aimed at activity counsellors to ensure that the activities at your institution are – and remain – successful. A Gildework institution startup delivers engaging, creative, honest craftsmanship that repays itself in satisfaction, added value and sales.

What type of budget do i need to start a candle or soap making project at a care institution?

Candle and soap making at care institutions is all about teamwork. All participants pull their weight. And everyone gets a taste of the satisfaction that results from traditional work, experiencing how saleable products can be made with fairly simple actions and basic ingredients. Gildewerk has lowered the threshold for these activities in such a way that regardless the level of the participants, practicing of these professions is possible.

The production of candles or soaps is not an end in itself, but a means to offer participants a meaningful and attractive daytime activity

The activities in a candle and soap making studio include measuring, mixing, dipping, moulding, extruding, forming, cutting, stamping and packaging. This means that the clients at your institution have a wide range of integration opportunities. The activities are calming and there is no job pressure or urge to perform. However, there are opportunities for self-development. Candle and soap makers are rightly proud of their work. It involves a genuine craft in which they can continue to grow and develop a plenty of creativity.

Does gildewerk have a showroom that i can visit to get an impression
of what candle or soap making exactly entails?

The activities are safe and create a pleasant ambience.

The combination of special shapes, smell and color makes working with candles and soap a real treat. The use of different techniques appeals to creativity.

BEAUTIFUL, TRADITIONAL PRODUCTS CAN BE MADE WHEN OUR TOP-QUALITY BASIC INGREDIENTS ARE COMBINED WITH THE MANY AVAILABLE FRAGRANCES AND COLOURS.

The end-products have a professional look and are very saleable. And the Gildewerk range also includes ‘Crafted with Care’ packaging and presentation materials to support your sales.

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GILDEWERK THE NETHERLANDS (Head office)

Gildewerk BV
A Hofmanweg 41
2031 BH Haarlem

TEL. 31 – (0)23 – 532 22 55

Monday from 10 a.m. and Tuesday to Thursday between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. CET.
We have a break between 12: 45 p.m. and 1:30 p.m.

E-MAIL: holland@gildewerk.com

For urgent questions outside opening hours, we are available via: support@gildewerk.com
We strive to answer your questions on working days.

GILDEWERK FRANCE

Gildewerk France sarl
25 bis Rue Général Berlier
26400 Crest, France

TEL. 33 – (0)1 – 86 26 19 51
E-MAIL: france@gildewerk.com

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