Egmont publishing companies
| Egmont Verlagsgesellschaft mbH
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| legal form | GmbH |
| Seat | Berlin ; Cologne (until 2016) |
| management | Klaus-Thorsten Firnig |
| Number of employees | around 65 |
| Branch | publishing company |
| Website | http://www.egmont-vg.de/ |
The Egmont publishing companies mbH combines the five Imprints (retail brands) Schneider book , Egmont Comic Collection , Egmont graphic novel , Egmont Manga , Egmont VGS and Egmont Balloon (the latter is a joint venture with the Egmont Ehapa ). Egmont LYX and Egmont INK were sold to Bastei Lübbe in spring 2016 .
Around 65 employees worked in the publishing house in downtown Cologne until the move to Berlin in November 2016. The general manager is Klaus-Thorsten Firnig, members of the management are also Volker Busch (Publishing Director) and Andrea Rüller (Head of Sales & Retail Marketing). According to Firnig, the move to Berlin in 2016 to the Egmont Ehapa Media publishing house served to bundle and strengthen the company's activities in German-speaking countries. According to Firnig, the move was primarily due to administrative reasons, but other synergy effects such as the fact that you "only have to pay rent once" (Firnig) played a role. The relocation of the publisher's headquarters was heavily criticized by the ver.di union and the media, as many of the 65 jobs were at risk. Ver.di warned of mass layoffs. Firnig emphasized, however, that he wanted to continue working with the core of the team from Cologne, so that it was being examined how the employees could move to Berlin. According to Firnig, the new team in Berlin will have "more than a hundred employees".
Like Egmont Ehapa Verlag in Berlin, the Egmont publishing companies belong to the Egmont Foundation, which is headquartered in Copenhagen . Both German companies have been under joint management since November 2013, but remain separate.
Individual evidence
- ^ Egmont publishing companies: move before closing. In: buchreport.de. October 4, 2016, accessed February 8, 2018 .
- ↑ a b c d e f g Friedemann Siering: Relocation to Berlin: Egmont-Verlag leaves Cologne - dozens of jobs in danger. In: ksta.de (Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger). June 9, 2016, accessed February 8, 2018 .