This is a story that illuminates more than 170 years of heritage. It began in 1853, when Hendrik Jan Spaas decided to transform an old brewery in Hamont, Belgium into a wax bleaching plant. The product, sourced from beeswax, was bleached and sold to monasteries and abbeys to make candles. The small manufacturer has gradually grown and thrived across Europe and is now known as Spaas Kaarsen. Today, Spaas Kaarsen is one of the leading players in the candle-making market.
In 1887, when the company moved to Sint-Huibrechts-Lille, the management briefly created a cigar factory division, but soon decided to adhere to pursuing…
