BSEF TALK 3 - A JOURNEY FROM LEBANON, AND FOR LEBANON. - FADY GEMAYEL

BSEF TALK 3
LEBANESE RESILIENCE UNDER

CRISIS
A JOURNEY FROM LEBANON AND

FOR LEBANON
Mr. Fady Gemayel, Lebanon

August 3rd, 2019 - 10:00-10:30

Together we Strengthen the roots of our youth

The Bkerke Socio-economic Forum is an initiative of
The World Patriarchal Maronite Foundation for Integral Development.

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RESILLIENCE UNDER CRISIS
A JOURNEY FROM LEBANON,

AND FOR LEBANON.

FADY JOSEPH GEMAYEL
BKERKE, AUGUST 3RD 2019

RESILLIENCE OF A 90 YEARS YOUNG GROUP.

Pioneers since 1929,
a journey , from destruction to leadership:

Established in 1929
GF pioneered
paper recycling in
Lebanon and the
region
Again in 1956 it
introduced
corrugated
cardboard
packaging

ENGAGEMENT, AND DEDICATION

• THE CALL OF DUTY AT 23, BEFORE 3 MONTHS FROM FINISHING UP
COURSES FOR PHD, INTERRUPT STUDIES ABRUBTLY , AND RETURN TO
LEBANON

• RESPONSIBILITIES WITH NABIL AND ACTING CHAIRMAN-CEO AT26,

GEMAYEL FRERES SAL

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GEMAYEL FRERES SAL

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ONE STOP SHOP PACKAGING

Many plants under one roof:

READY FOR
2029

One stop shop packaging:

CATERING AND FOOD SERVICE LINE

One stop shop packaging:
WINE AND FINE SPIRITS

Labels blue pack Partitions gf Boxes gf

Partitions slc Promotion packs gf Pallets gf



SOLICAR SAL

• DEVELOPING UNDER HEAVY CHALLENGES

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SOLICAR SAL

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BLUEPACK SAL, preprint

GEMDOUBS SAS

• REPRISE

■ UNE ENTREPRISE PERENNE: GEMDOUBS 2017 UN PROJET
LANCE EN OCTOBRE 2016 FACE A LA VOLATILITE DU MARCHE

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Blendecques : Capacité de production de 180,0000 tonnes avec une superficie

NorPaper Blendecquestotale de 85,000 m2 incluant 47,250 m2 occupée le process usine et la STEP

Hauts de France

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Capacité de production de 77 000 tonnes avec une superficie totale de 25 000 m2
incluant 7 500 m2 pour le process usine

BEGHIN-SAY SUGAR

NORPAPER NANTES

ATTACHMENTS TO ROOTS

• LEBANON, AND MARONITES
• MARONITES AND LEBANON

• ATTACHMENT TO FAMILY

JOSEPH HABIB GEMAYEL , IN BESANCON

Resources… and competencies

EQUIPES 2018

1984 • GF 300
• SOLICAR 175
• 150 PERSONNES • BP 12

• GEMDOUBS 75
• NORPAPER 240

RESPONSIBILITY UNDER TURBULENCE

• CONSTANT UNPREDICTABLE CHANGE

DEEPLY ROOTED VALUES, AND FAITH
DECLARED LOUDLY

END OF YEAR CELEBRATION AT GF INAUGURATING GEMDOUBS SAS WITH
A MARONITE BLESSING AT NOVILLARS

THE MARONITE PARADOX

RUGGED MOUTAIN INTERNATIONAL REACH BEFORE
GLOBALIZATION
• DIFFICULT LIVING CONDITIONS
• MARONITE COLLEGE IN ROME
• BEARDED MONKS WORKING • FIRST PRINTING PRESS OF THE
THE LAND, BUT MAITRES A
PENSER MIDDLE EAST MAR ANTONIOS
KOZHAYA

AN INTERNATIONAL NETWORK

EDC UNIAPAC LYON

ARAB FEDERATION OF PULP, PAPER, AND
PRINTING INDUSTRIES

FEFCO BOARD MEETING IN LEBANON

CONNECTING WITH THE INTELLECTUAL
WORLD

DEMARCHE DE LA RECHERCHE

COMMITMENT TO LEBANON, AND TO
LEBANESE YOUTH

• ASSOCIATION OF LEBANESE INDUSTRIALISTS

Socio-Economic Recovery

Prepared by the Association of Lebanese Industrialists

• POSITION PAPERS ON: ENERGY, SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT,
ENVIRONMENT, LEBANIZING LEBANON’S WORKFORCE, TECHNICAL,
AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION……….

YES LEBANON CAN !

• WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH, ONLY THE TOUGH GET GOING

• THE UNIQUE FORCE OF FAITH: A BLESSED COUNTRY