QUO VADIS

Quo Vadis is synonymous with the start of the school year. Her diaries are found in school bags and napkins in France and other European countries. For the general public or for "business gifts", the brand stands out for its creativity and manufacturing quality. It obtained the Origine France guaranteed label for its diaries in October 2013.

History. It was in 1952 that Dr. Francis-Georges Beltrami invented a new concept of time organization for his personal use, allowing him to visualize the week's appointments at a glance on a double page: the Agenda Planing®. Dr. Beltrami made his first diary by stamping the pages of a white notebook with an ink stamp representing the Agenda Planing® grid. The enthusiasm of his acquaintances and friends for his invention prompted Dr. Beltrami to take the plunge and industrialize his invention by creating Quo Vadis Publishing in Marseille. This two-page one-week agenda, structured with hours and action boxes, was the subject of numerous patent applications in France and abroad. In 1957, he created the Quo Vadis workshops for printing, binding and plastic cover manufacturing. A few years later, it was the turn of the "textagenda", now well known to schoolchildren, to be designed for the liberal professions. Quo Vadis also launched the first organizer, and the first diaries and "fancy" leather goods for the start of the school year. In 1999, he joined the paper group Exacompta-Clairefontaine.

The products. Diaries, calendars, organizers, directories, kits and luggage.

Employment. More than 250 people at its Carquefou site in Loire-Atlantique (44).