Our Values
CARAMEL’s mission is to create, to develop and to produce academic resources that foster a fun and educational environment for children around the world.
Our vision is to deliver to the youth, through our publications, life-long values by stimulating their reading experience through a playful means.
At Caramel Publishing, we value:
Caramel appreciates the practice of dynamic creativity and is always looking to enter the market with high-quality, innovative products that supplement the learning experiences of children.
Caramel consistently works to carry out trusting and reliable service, guaranteeing quality products and definitive deadlines to our customers.
Caramel pays great attention to collaborate with our customers. We aim to be responsive to our customers’ needs and to tailor our services to coordinate with these needs.
Who we are
Caramel specializes in the creation and packaging of childrens books destined for the mass-market. We are based in Brussels and have been serving as an international book packager since 1993. Caramel continues to innovate with new concepts, while also expanding its editorial program.
We possess a wide range of eductional products from board books to stationary, that can easily be translated into mor than 60 languages!
Caramel’s customer base spans 65 countries around the world. Our partners mainly consist of large retailers, specialized distributers and other publishers using Caramel’s creativity to boost the content of their catalog! Caramel aims to ensure the blossoming of collaborators by allowing them to develop their talents in the ever-changing, dynamic functions of the publishing world!
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Our catalog contains more than 3500 references and continues to expand every year by approximately 125 new books!
Services
As a full in-house packaging company, we develop tailor-made projects that cater to the specific requests from our partners. From development to shipping, our production team works with you to ensure that your order is made with ease and up-to-date with your preferences.
Caramel is proud to be associate with some major worldwide licenses to create their activity and educational books, as well as their stationery packs. In many cases, we will be able to give you a quote with the license costs included. Ask us to see what possibilities can be achieved!
Caramel caters to key publishers and distributors. This means that we constantly exercise creativity in designing the right packs to attract clients at the right price. We develop the best possible product according to your needs, without licenses or any hassle on our client’s end.
Our editorial program includes, but is not limited to, coloring, short stories, activity, pre-school education, picture and sticker books that can be accompanied by interesting gadgets! Some of our well-known short story series are also available as e-books on all main digital distributors such as Amazon, the Apple Store, Kobo and many others.
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Our Team
THE ENGINE OF CARAMEL
A dynamic group of professionals combining years of experience in the field with the expertise of international freelancers, all specialised in the creation and development of children’s books.
Jean-Michel d’Oultremont
Jean-Michel has vast experience in finance, plus strong expertise on behaviours versus worldwide cultures, in coaching the younger generation, in creating and starting new products and businesses. He is also very invested in children’s education and has researched a lot on how to help Millennials to develop themselves.
Jean-Luc Dubois
After several working experiences, Jean-Luc joined Caramel early 2009 motivated by the International scope of Caramel activities. Jean-Luc is particularly proud to contribute to Caramel’s goal to provide educational and entertaining materials to all children across the world at affordable prices.
Contact us
You can contact us by using the form below, by phone or by e-mail.
Contact info
CARAMEL PUBLISHING
RTL House
Avenue Jacques Géorginlaan 2
1030 Brussels
Sales : +32 2 263 20 40
Sales: mathilde.bia@pinkhweb.be
Production: fred.lombaerts@pinkhweb.be
nancy.paternotte@pinkhweb.be
Graphic Design: cecile.marbehant@pinkhweb.be
Meet us
Caramel will be in attendance at the following book fairs! Please contact us to schedule an appointment because we would love to meet with you!
1-4 April 2019: Bologna Children’s Book Fair
Internship
CARAMEL is always looking for students, young graduates, or simply bright people, open to new experiences. CARAMEL can offer stage, training, internships for 3 to 6 months. These internships will be ideal to discover life in “real” business, with interconnections with all our different departments. Whether it is for administration in general, export, sales, marketing, graphic design, illustrations, editorial, creation of new books or new concepts, … there is a lot to do, discover and learn! We are located within RTL house in Brussels. Easy to reach! Send your applications to: jmdoultremont@pinkhweb.be
21-25 August 2019: Beijing International Book Fair
15-17 November 2019: China Shanghai International Children’s Book Fair
