History

1980 : Creation of Brevidex with the objective of direct selling second hand office furniture
1980 : Creation of GDB in Belgium proposing new office furniture from stock through the Office Guide catalogue
1985 : Brevidex purchases the entire stock from the Elf Aquitaine tower, resell it to third parties and finance their development
1986 : Creation of a catalogue featuring new office furniture available for resale through dealers
1988 : GDB becomes part of the ALCOPA group
1989 : Brevidex becomes part of the DAMART group
1990 : GDB launches on the French market
1991 : Creation of a 20.000m2 distribution centre in Strepy, Belgium
1993 : Internationalisation of the GDB concept in the Netherlands, Russia, Poland and the UK and Ireland
1995 : Brevidex enters the Belgian and Luxemburg markets
1997 : GDB is elected company of the year in Belgium
1998 : MARLOT BFC and MARLOT RONALP, regional office furniture wholesalers join the BREVIDEX group. AB DESIGN, seating manufacturer rejoins the group
1998 : GDB is nominated European Exporter of the year for Wallonia ( OCBE services category)
1999 : Brevidex launches in the UK
2000 : ISO 9001 certification awarded for the Strepy site
2001 : Brevidex joins the RAGON group alongside CAPRENTRAS- DONARIER (stationery wholesaler)
2003 : ISO 14001 awarded for Strepy and ISO 9001 ( version 2000) confirmed
2008 : 1st February, creation of the EOL group joining GDB and Brevidex