Trauner Verlag + Book Service
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| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 1948 |
| Seat | Linz , Austria |
| management | Rudolf Trauner, Sonja Trauner |
| Number of employees | 77 (as of 2019) |
| Branch | Publishing house , book trade |
| Website | www.trauner.at |
The Trauner Verlag + Buchservice GmbH is an Austrian family company that was founded in 1948 from the Ibis Verlag. The company has around 500 authors and 77 employees.
history
The Rudolf-Trauner-Verlag was established in 1948 with an attached travel and mail order bookstore on Hafferlstrasse in Linz . In the post-war period there was a shortage of everything, including books. That is why the publisher mainly translated and published works by well-known authors such as Jack London , Mark Twain , Pearl S. Buck and works by the then popular Austrian writer Maria von Peteani .
In 1954 the publishing house moved to Baumbachstrasse 4a. In 1960/61, operations at Dinghoferstraße 21 were expanded and the Trauner printing company was founded. In 1964 the construction of the new printing and publishing building on Köglstrasse began; the move took place in 1967. The publishing program was then expanded to include children's and youth literature, picture and art books, literature, travel guides, sports books, guides and the first specialist gastronomic books.
In 1978 the son of the company founder, Rudolf Trauner , joined the company. From 1980 the publisher expanded its gastronomy and school book program. During this time the foundation stone of today's publisher's profile was laid. In 1982 the academic senate of Johannes Kepler University awarded the company the title of “University Press”. Five years later, the “Austrian national coat of arms” was awarded. In 1991 Rudolf Trauner took over the company. Since the 1990s, it has intensified the expansion of the export markets in Germany, Switzerland and South Tyrol.
In 2001 the publishing house was extended and a new corporate identity was introduced. In 2005 the publishing house was reorganized into Trauner Verlag + Buchservice GmbH. Since then, Rudolf Trauner and his wife Ingrid have been in charge. The third generation has also been working in the company with Rudolf Trauner and his wife Sonja since 2009.
Since 2012 it has been intensifying the expansion of online accompanying materials and digital books. The launch of the online platform www.trauner-kompetenzportal.at took place in the same year. At the same time, the company received the “Family and Work Audit” certificate. In 2017, a “German Brand Award” nomination followed, which annually awards the best brands in the German-speaking area. In 2018 the online platform TRAUNER competence portal was replaced by the TRAUNER DigiBox. This contains numerous e-books and additional digital material such as explanatory videos and interactive exercises available for all end devices.
At the end of September 2019, the in-house print shop was closed for economic reasons.
At the end of 2019, the management of the family business was passed on to the third generation from Ingrid and Rudolf Trauner. Her son Rudolf and his wife Sonja have been active in leading positions for several years and now want to lead the media publishing company into a successful future.
Publishing program
The core areas include gastronomy, education, university, Upper Austria publications as well as non-fiction books and guides with around 1000 book titles.
gastronomy
The company is the only specialist gastronomic publisher in Austria. The specialist books contain, among other things, basic literature on the topics of kitchen, service, drinks, bakery, confectionery and hotel management.
education
Teaching materials for vocational schools, elementary schools and adult education are being laid. In addition to the books, there are online supplements such as e-books, explanatory videos and interactive exercises that are offered on the TRAUNER-DigiBox (www.trauner-digibox.com) e-learning platform. The publisher supports teachers in teaching through its cross-media educational concepts.
university
On October 5, 1982, the Trauner Verlag became the official “university publisher” of the JKU Linz. The offer currently includes 210 scientific publications in 33 series. Around 40 new publications appear every year.
Upper Austria publications
This range of publications includes leisure guides, biographies of well-known Upper Austrians, non-fiction books on historical and current topics, comments on state laws and the Upper Austrian official calendar.
Non-fiction book / guide
The latest section contains advice on pedagogy, teaching science, school law as well as books on the topics of careers, nature, enjoyment, family and health.
Digital media
The publisher offers teaching and learning material in electronic form on its own TRAUNER DigiBox platform. This includes e-books and supplementary materials for preparing and designing lessons. This platform makes it possible to present materials directly from the portal in class.
Since the school year 2016/17, school books including e-books have been available as combination products for upper secondary level, which can be accessed on the Digi4School portal.
Awards
Due to its family-friendliness in terms of parenting, parental leave, return to work or paternity leave, the company has been certified as a family-friendly company by “ Beruf und Familien Management GmbH ”. Because of the social benefits and the individual working time models that employees can take advantage of, the managing director Ingrid Trauner received the award "Manager of the year 2010" from VKB-Bank.
In addition, the company received awards for the gastronomic books.
export
The company's export share is around 10%. This includes the distribution of gastronomic school and specialist books in Germany , South Tyrol and Switzerland , two English-language specialist books, three school books in Slovene and license sales to, among others, Indonesia , Russia , Hungary , Bulgaria and Greece .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ TRAUNER Verlag - the leading publisher for high quality education and training. February 14, 2013, accessed April 3, 2017 .
- ↑ Trauner Verlag closes print shop. March 7, 2019, accessed March 7, 2019 .
- ↑ Handover of the "berufundfamilie" certificate. November 21, 2012, accessed April 3, 2017 .
- ↑ Manager of the Year 2010. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on April 10, 2017 ; Retrieved April 3, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
