Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Printing |
Predecessor | Be Printers |
Founded | January 1, 2016Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany [1] | in
Headquarters | , |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Axel Hentrei ( CEO) [2] |
Revenue | €1.624 billion (2016) [3] |
Number of employees | 8,138 (2016) [3] |
Parent | Bertelsmann |
Subsidiaries | AZ Direct Berryville Graphics Quad Graphics Campaign Coral Graphics DeutschlandCard GGP Media MBS Nürnberg Mohn Media Offset Paperback Manufacturers (OPM) Prinovis rtv media group Sonopress Vogel Druck |
Website |
www |
The Bertelsmann Printing Group is a German group of companies in the printing industry with headquarters in Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia. [4] [5] It was established in 2016 and is the market leader in Europe among offset and gravure printing companies. [6] [7] The Bertelsmann Printing Group is one of eight divisions of Bertelsmann, the international media, service and education conglomerate. [8]
In 2005, Bertelsmann and Axel Springer consolidated their gravure printing operations under the umbrella of Prinovis. [9] Reasons for this included the industry-wide price decline and overcapacities. [10] The Hamburg-based company was marked leader in Europe from the beginning. [11] [12] Bertelsmann indirectly owned 74.9 percent, with the subsidiaries Arvato and Gruner + Jahr each holding a 37.45 percent stake. Axel Springer owned the remaining 25.1 percent. [13] In 2012, Prinovis became part of Be Printers, a newly-established division of Bertelsmann for the majority of the printing companies. [14] [15] This move was part of a larger reorganization of Bertelsmann under CEO Thomas Rabe who assumed his position in 2012. [16] In 2015, Axel Springer sold its stake in Prinovis, [17] making Bertelsmann the sole shareholder. [18] In the process, Bertelsmann gained the opportunity to further streamline its printing operations. [19]
Shortly after the restructuring, Bertelsmann announced in 2015 the establishment of the Bertelsmann Printing Group, effective January 1, 2016. [20] All printing companies of Be Printers and the printing operations previously belonging to the sister division Arvato were bundled under the umbrella of the new corporate group. [21] Several other service and production businesses, e.g. storage media manufacturer Sonopress, followed. [22] [23] At the time of its founding, the Bertelsmann Printing Group earned annual revenues of some €1.7 billion and had more than 8,000 employees. [24] Independent of the merger, the brands of the individual printing companies, service and production operations remained intact. [25] Over the course of the business year, it had a significant positive effect on the profit situation of the entire corporate group. [26] [27] In 2017, additional companies from the digital marketing business of Arvato have changed over to the Bertelsmann Printing Group. [28]
Since 2016, the Bertelsmann Printing Group has been one of Bertelsmann's eight corporate divisions. [29] [30] It encompasses all of Bertelsmann's worldwide offset and gravure operations, as well as several other service and production businesses. [31] The subsidiaries are AZ Direct, Berryville Graphics, Campaign, Coral Graphics, DeutschlandCard, GGP Media, MBS Nürnberg, Mohn Media, Offset Paperback Manufacturers (OPM), Prinovis, the rtv media group, Sonopress and Vogel Druck. [32] Today, in the USA, the company primarily functions as a house printer for the company’s book publishing division.
Initially, the Bertelsmann Printing Group was led by Bertram Stausberg and Axel Hentrei as two equal Chief Executive Officers. [33] Since Bertram Stausberg stepped down in the fall of 2016, Axel Hentrei has solely headed up the group. [34] [35] The headquarters are located in Carl-Bertelsmann-Straße in Gütersloh. [36] In total the group is active at 15 facilities in Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States, as well as Mexico and Asia. [37]
Company type | Subsidiary |
---|---|
Industry | Printing |
Predecessor | Be Printers |
Founded | January 1, 2016Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany [1] | in
Headquarters | , |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Axel Hentrei ( CEO) [2] |
Revenue | €1.624 billion (2016) [3] |
Number of employees | 8,138 (2016) [3] |
Parent | Bertelsmann |
Subsidiaries | AZ Direct Berryville Graphics Quad Graphics Campaign Coral Graphics DeutschlandCard GGP Media MBS Nürnberg Mohn Media Offset Paperback Manufacturers (OPM) Prinovis rtv media group Sonopress Vogel Druck |
Website |
www |
The Bertelsmann Printing Group is a German group of companies in the printing industry with headquarters in Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia. [4] [5] It was established in 2016 and is the market leader in Europe among offset and gravure printing companies. [6] [7] The Bertelsmann Printing Group is one of eight divisions of Bertelsmann, the international media, service and education conglomerate. [8]
In 2005, Bertelsmann and Axel Springer consolidated their gravure printing operations under the umbrella of Prinovis. [9] Reasons for this included the industry-wide price decline and overcapacities. [10] The Hamburg-based company was marked leader in Europe from the beginning. [11] [12] Bertelsmann indirectly owned 74.9 percent, with the subsidiaries Arvato and Gruner + Jahr each holding a 37.45 percent stake. Axel Springer owned the remaining 25.1 percent. [13] In 2012, Prinovis became part of Be Printers, a newly-established division of Bertelsmann for the majority of the printing companies. [14] [15] This move was part of a larger reorganization of Bertelsmann under CEO Thomas Rabe who assumed his position in 2012. [16] In 2015, Axel Springer sold its stake in Prinovis, [17] making Bertelsmann the sole shareholder. [18] In the process, Bertelsmann gained the opportunity to further streamline its printing operations. [19]
Shortly after the restructuring, Bertelsmann announced in 2015 the establishment of the Bertelsmann Printing Group, effective January 1, 2016. [20] All printing companies of Be Printers and the printing operations previously belonging to the sister division Arvato were bundled under the umbrella of the new corporate group. [21] Several other service and production businesses, e.g. storage media manufacturer Sonopress, followed. [22] [23] At the time of its founding, the Bertelsmann Printing Group earned annual revenues of some €1.7 billion and had more than 8,000 employees. [24] Independent of the merger, the brands of the individual printing companies, service and production operations remained intact. [25] Over the course of the business year, it had a significant positive effect on the profit situation of the entire corporate group. [26] [27] In 2017, additional companies from the digital marketing business of Arvato have changed over to the Bertelsmann Printing Group. [28]
Since 2016, the Bertelsmann Printing Group has been one of Bertelsmann's eight corporate divisions. [29] [30] It encompasses all of Bertelsmann's worldwide offset and gravure operations, as well as several other service and production businesses. [31] The subsidiaries are AZ Direct, Berryville Graphics, Campaign, Coral Graphics, DeutschlandCard, GGP Media, MBS Nürnberg, Mohn Media, Offset Paperback Manufacturers (OPM), Prinovis, the rtv media group, Sonopress and Vogel Druck. [32] Today, in the USA, the company primarily functions as a house printer for the company’s book publishing division.
Initially, the Bertelsmann Printing Group was led by Bertram Stausberg and Axel Hentrei as two equal Chief Executive Officers. [33] Since Bertram Stausberg stepped down in the fall of 2016, Axel Hentrei has solely headed up the group. [34] [35] The headquarters are located in Carl-Bertelsmann-Straße in Gütersloh. [36] In total the group is active at 15 facilities in Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States, as well as Mexico and Asia. [37]