Glénisson studied in Saint-Omer (France) and came to work afterwards in the Brepols factory of his uncle in Turnhout.
Glénisson remained in the factory in the Warandestraat and Van Genechten set up a new building in Den Dijk, now Merodelei, in Turnhout: Etabl.
On 15 December 1868 the company got a license for pressing Chinese playing cards and in 1869, the factory was expanded.
On 14 July 1874, Antoine Van Genechten died and the company was continued by his oldest son-in-law, Jean De Somer.
The company business expanded greatly, which was rewarded with honors at expositions in Belgium and abroad.
In 1970 Van Genechten, together with Brepols and Biermans, founded Carta Mundi as a joint venture.