Production Units

One of the statutory purposes of the Lighthouse for the Blind of Greece is the professional rehabilitation of the visually impaired people, which is greatly promoted thanks to the 3 Production Units-Sheltered Workshops under operation. The 3 Production Units are unique professional fields of their kind in the country, offering job opportunities to blind and visually impaired people. These Units employ blind and partially sighted workers, men and women, as well as people with other disabilities, according to the Greek legacy, a significant and unique fact, since the professional outlets and training opportunities, for these people are quite limited.

ISO Certification

The production units have special and updated technological equipment and are certified with the ELOT EN ISO Quality System 9001: 2015, ensuring excellent quality levels. The products of these Workshops are the subject of cooperation with various Municipalities nationwide, the Armed Forces, Private and Public hospitals and Companies in Greece and abroad. In fact, there is a specific legal framework relatively to the direct award of contracts to the association exclusively, with its exception of the tender procedures, for the assurance of the operation of the Workshops and the maintenance of the working positions for the blind workers.

THE PRODUCTION UNITS

Brooms and Brushes Workshop

Unique Production Unit in Greece, carrying out orders for cleaning products for many public and private bodies, the Armed Forces, e.t.c, securing this way the maintenance of this traditional field of manual employment for blind workers.

Metal Processing Unit

A pioneering unit, offering the visually impaired workers the transition from manual work to industrial production, creating new opportunities for professional rehabilitation.

Linen Production Unit

The Linen Workshop started its operation in 2010, with the execution of orders for the Armed Forces and the Hospitals. The Unit employs people with special needs who sew sheets, pillowcases and pillows, which are filled with the material requested by each customer.

About our products

The flow of orders to these Production Units, defines the sustainability of this occupational field and the maintenance of the working positions for the blind workers, therefore, the claim and achievement of new contracts in terms of cooperations is a great concern for the association.

The Production Units-Workshops, always monitoring the needs of the market, adapt their production accordingly, with highly developed and specially designed products, based on the specifications set by each customer, while the production line is constantly enriched with new product codes.

It is of high importance that many of the products are intended for the blind and they are specially designed and produced by the blind and thus totally adjusted to their needs; something that automatically makes them unique in terms of efficiency of use.

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