 Because of Corbeels' fight against the French, his apprentice, Philippus Jacobus Brepols, had to take over responsibility for the printing company.Corbeels' widow managed the business for a short while, but from 1800 onwards P. J. Brepols gradually took over the house and the business.Soon the printing business was expanded with bookbinding, and a shop and paper trade were added to the business as well.