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Mohn Media Mohndruck GmbH

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legal form GmbH
founding March 1, 1946
Seat Gutersloh , Germany
management
  • Dirk Kemmerer ( CEO )
  • Ulrich Cordes ( CFO )
Number of employees approx. 2,000
sales approx. 575 million euros
Branch Printing industry
Website www.mohnmedia.de
As of July 9, 2019

Mohn Media (until 1999 Mohndruck ) is a German company of the printing industry with headquarters in Gütersloh . It was created in 1946 when book production was separated from Carl Bertelsmann's book publisher . Mohn Media is the market leader in offset printing and part of the Bertelsmann Printing Group , Europe's largest printing group.

history

In 1835 Carl Bertelsmann founded C. Bertelsmann Verlag in Gütersloh . From the very beginning, the company also included printing houses. After the Second World War , on the recommendation of the military government at Bertelsmann, the publishing area was separated from technical production, which, among other things, should facilitate reconstruction. 1966 was a general partnership under the firm "Mohn & Co." in "Mohndruck Reinhard Mohn" renamed. The company opened up more to external clients and also invested in modern printing technologies. Mohndruck laid the foundation stone for the Bertelsmann Group's printing and industrial businesses.

After the Bertelsmann group was converted into a stock corporation , Mohndruck was also converted into a corporation , a GmbH . In 1979 the company "Mohndruck Graphische Betriebe" was entered in the commercial register . In 1980, Mohndruck and other Bertelsmann companies at the Gütersloh location received greater attention when Federal Chancellor Helmut Schmidt visited them . In the further course of the 1980s, the introduction of electronic data processing in particular caused major changes in the printing works. Mohndruck put the largest book production line in Europe into operation and began extensive renovations in 1990 to expand its production and distribution areas. A newly built block-type thermal power station took over the power supply, and efforts were made to use more chlorine-free paper. During this time, Mohndruck introduced numerous measures to protect the environment.

In the 1990s, Mohndruck was one of the leading offset printing companies in Europe and, based on the number of employees, the largest printing company in the Bertelsmann Group. After German reunification , the company also bought the large graphic company Pößneck, which is now GGP Media . This initiated the expansion into Eastern Europe and Russia. In 1993, Mohndruck implemented an integrated digital prepress for the first time. Regardless of these investments, Mohndruck fell into the red in 1995. The company felt the competition especially in the area of ​​reproduction. In order to reduce costs, cuts in the workforce were necessary, which, however, led to criticism from the employee representatives.

In 1997, the company entered into a cooperation with the largest Japanese printing group , Dai Nippon Printing , in order to be able to supply customers there. In the same year, the dispute with the works councils was settled by a company alliance for work , which, among other things, provided for the waiver of redundancies for several years. As Mohndruck was changing more and more from a classic printing company to a service company, the company changed its name to Mohn Media in 1999. This should make it clear that it covers a broad value chain . At the turn of the year 2004/2005, Mohn Media bought its competitor Vogel Druck from Würzburg . The Gütersloh company initially acquired 49% of the shares. The transaction took place against the background of the takeover of Motor Presse Stuttgart by Gruner + Jahr . The aim of the cooperation between Mohn Media and Vogel Druck was to expand the range, especially for existing customers.

Mohn Media achieved this goal, among other things, through several lithomaniacs ordered from Manroland. In 2009 the company expanded its activities for the first time to the printing of brochures, for which it received large orders from the retail chains Netto and Real . Because Mohn Media was able to compensate for falling magazines, the business remained stable compared to other printing companies in the late 2000s and beyond. In the following years, the company increased its capacity for brochures several times. In addition, the company received several important large orders such as for the printing of the “ Asterix ” magazine and the “ Playboy ” magazine. The printing of a partial edition of “ Spiegel ” since the beginning of 2015 became a prestige project for the print shop because the news magazine switched from gravure to offset printing.

In recent years, Mohn Media has primarily invested in printing and post-production . In 2016 the company announced that it would set up a third large-scale press. The existing machines were already able to produce several million pages per hour. On January 1, 2016, Mohn Media became part of the newly created Bertelsmann Printing Group . The group of companies includes offset and gravure printing companies as well as some service companies in the field of marketing.

On August 11, 2020, Mohn Media announced that it would cut 470 of the almost 2,000 jobs in the next few years. The head office in Gütersloh and the Probind bookbindery in Marienfeld are affected .

Services

Mohn Media prints books , catalogs , brochures , telephone books and magazines as well as other advertising materials for which speed and effective customer approach are important. The services include conception, design, printing and processing. The company opens up entire "media worlds", which also includes, for example, tailor-made database solutions. Traditionally, a special focus is the preparation of images and texts for the production of printing forms for the various printing processes. As early as 2002, Mohn Media bundled its expertise in the field of reproduction technology at 4MAT Media in Hamburg .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Festive mood at Mohn Media . Large crowds at the open day. In: New Westphalian . May 29, 2006.
  2. ↑ a b Management. Mohn Media, accessed July 9, 2019 .
  3. ↑ a b profile. Mohn Media, accessed July 9, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Viola Krause, Meike Schachtsiek, Linda Zimmermeier: From paper to books . Insights into the Mohn Media print shop on Carl-Bertelsmann-Straße. In: New Westphalian . July 22, 2006.
  5. ↑ a b c d 175 Years of Bertelsmann: A Future Story . C. Bertelsmann Verlag, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-570-10175-9 , pp. 340 .
  6. ↑ Europe's largest printing group . In: New Westphalian . November 6, 2015, p. 11 .
  7. ↑ 175 years of Bertelsmann . In: Börsen-Zeitung . January 27, 2010, p. 10 .
  8. ↑ Thomas Schuler: First printer, then publisher . In: Berliner Zeitung . June 18, 2010, p. 30 .
  9. ↑ a b history. Mohn Media, accessed April 1, 2017 .
  10. ↑ Bertelsmann Industrie: The new name is intended to document change . In: Frankfurter Rundschau . June 9, 1999, p. 16 .
  11. ^ Thomas Lehning: The media house: past and present of the Bertelsmann group . In: Fink Verlag . Paderborn, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-7705-4035-2 .
  12. ↑ Business register. Bundesanzeiger Verlag, accessed on April 1, 2017 (Gütersloh District Court, HRB 1554).
  13. ↑ Gunhild Freese: Manager and Markets. In: The time. February 15, 1980. Retrieved April 1, 2017 .
  14. ^ Friederike Ostermeyer: Germany's most powerful clans: the Mohn family. In: World's Luxury Guide. Die Welt, January 3, 2015, accessed April 1, 2017 .
  15. ↑ Mohndruck follows a three-part concept when using a computer . Upstream computer controls order flows promptly. In: Computerwoche . 2nd November 1984.
  16. ^ Mohndruck: Own power station for power supply, more chlorine-free paper . In: Handelsblatt . April 22, 1991, p. 14 .
  17. ↑ Reprinting appreciated . In: Handelsblatt . October 11, 1991, p. 11 .
  18. ↑ "A holistic environmental concept must be introduced with intensive communication" . In: Handelsblatt . November 1, 1991, p. 1 (part "Career").
  19. ↑ Strategies for poppy pressure . Solutions for the efficient transition from conventional to new technologies. In: German printer . April 27, 1995, p. 130 .
  20. ↑ Bertelsmann: pattern printing for 10 million marks, contract on cooperation with Russian publisher . In: Handelsblatt . March 5, 1992, p. 25 .
  21. ↑ Johannes Haas: Mohndruck realizes the integrated digital prepress . In: German printer . December 9, 1993, p. 19 .
  22. ↑ Bertelsmann-Industrie: Mohndruck got into the red, opportunities are seen in the area of ​​services . In: Handelsblatt . May 31, 1995, p. 14 .
  23. ↑ The repro departments of large print shops also compete with repro companies . In: German printer . June 8, 1995, p. 26 .
  24. ^ Controversy about free work with poppy printing . In: Handelsblatt . August 25, 1995, p. 4 .
  25. ↑ Alexander Kraft: IG Medien sees a "scandal of the special class" . Employees “gave” the Bertelsmann subsidiary Mohndruck unpaid overtime. In: Frankfurter Rundschau . November 17, 1995, p. 5 .
  26. ↑ Mohndruck and DNP cooperate . In: German printer . December 4, 1997, p. 6 .
  27. ^ Alliance for work: wage waiver against employment guarantee . In: German printer . June 19, 1997, p. 4 .
  28. ↑ Print shops: Mohn Media Mohn Media will continue to have a successful growth strategy in the future . In: German printer . April 13, 2000, p. 4 .
  29. ↑ In the future, poppy printing will become Mohn Media . In: German printer . November 18, 1999, p. 5 .
  30. ↑ Mohndruck becomes Mohn Media . In: Handelsblatt . October 18, 1999, p. 25 .
  31. ↑ Mohn Media puts pressure on in Würzburg . In: New Westphalian . December 2, 2004.
  32. ↑ a b Mohndruck plans a stake in Vogel . In: German printer . January 13, 2005, p. 7 .
  33. ↑ Magazine giant Gruner + Jahr reaches for Motorpresse-Verlag . In: Handelsblatt . December 1, 2004, p. 17 .
  34. ↑ Manroland and Mohn Media develop 96-page lithoman . In: German printer . June 12, 2008, p. 12 .
  35. ↑ Mohn Media buys another Lithoman . In: German printer . February 4, 2010, p. 29 .
  36. ↑ Major order for Mohn Media . Gütersloher deliver brochures for Netto and Real. In: New Westphalian . December 3, 2009.
  37. ↑ Good order situation at Mohn Media . In: German printer . May 24, 2012, p. 4 .
  38. ^ Rainer Holzkamp: With high pressure out of the crisis . Mohn Media landed large orders and entered the brochure business. In: New Westphalian . December 3, 2009.
  39. ↑ Mohn Media is investing against the trend . Bertelsmann printers rely on the prospectus business. In: New Westphalian . March 1, 2011.
  40. ↑ More capacity for brochure printing . In: German printer . February 10, 2011, p. 7 .
  41. ↑ Mohn Media prints Asterix . In: Westfalen-Blatt . October 25, 2013.
  42. ↑ Mohn Media prints "Playboy" . In: Westfalen-Blatt . February 11, 2011.
  43. ↑ Prestige project for Mohn Media . In: New Westphalian . January 10, 2015.
  44. ↑ Mohn Media and Stark are allowed to print “Spiegel” from 2015 . In: Handelsblatt . May 21, 2014, p. 19 .
  45. ↑ Mohn Media invests in printing and postpress . In: German printer . June 30, 2016, p. 26 .
  46. ↑ Mohn Media wants to set up a third large-scale press . In: New Westphalian . August 2, 2016, p. 23 .
  47. ↑ Eike Horstmann: Five million pages per hour . In: New Westphalian . May 15, 2014, p. 13 .
  48. ↑ A new printing giant . In: New Westphalian . November 6, 2015, p. 6 .
  49. ↑ Bertelsmann is restructuring its printing area . In: Nürnberger Zeitung . November 6, 2015, p. 21 .
  50. ^ Paul Edgar Fels: Mohn Media is cutting 470 jobs. Retrieved August 12, 2020 .
  51. ↑ Products. Mohn Media, accessed April 1, 2017 .
  52. ↑ Services. Mohn Media, accessed April 1, 2017 .
  53. ↑ Andrea Bötel: The producers experienced completely new media worlds . In: German printer . February 19, 2004, p. 46 .
  54. ↑ Mohn Media founds repro service provider . In: German printer . April 11, 2002, p. 4 .

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