Gundlach Holding

Gundlach Holding GmbH is a German company in the printing and publishing industry, founded in 1847 and headquartered in the East Westphalian city of Bielefeld. The Gundlach Group includes businesses such as DSV Deutscher Sportverlag and Bielefelder Verlag. By far its largest business segment is Gundlach Verpackung GmbH in Oerlinghausen, which generates almost two-thirds of group revenue, at 95.8 million euros. The company began in 1847 as a bookbinding and hand-gilding workshop established by Ernst Ludwig Gundlach. Over the following decades it expanded into packaging, folding boxes and cardboard, and into publishing with titles such as the Deutsche Nähmaschinen-Zeitung and Radmarkt. In 1900 it was converted into a stock corporation. Gundlach was the first company in Germany to install an offset machine in 1905, and in 1923 it began printing banknotes. After the Second World War, Richard Kaselowsky Junior took over the majority of the AG in 1949 and converted it into a Kommanditgesellschaft in 1959. The company continued to grow through acquisitions and new plants, including the Oerlinghausen works completed in 1965. In the 1990s and 2000s Gundlach restructured into three business areas: packaging and display, printing and posters, and publishing and media services. It sold its calendar division in 2002 and divested Gebr. Klingenberg Buchkunst Leipzig in 2009. To meet the demands of globalization, the group established a new plant in Dubai, Gundlach Packaging DMCC, a joint venture in which Gundlach holds a 70 percent majority alongside the state-owned DMCC group. The packaging plant was initially intended to produce tea packaging and wrappings and to employ 25 people at the start of 2010. Today Gundlach Holding remains a family-owned private group, with the Kaselowsky and von Schubert families involved in its leadership and governance. Its core activities span packaging, printing and publishing, with the packaging division in Oerlinghausen serving as the group's dominant revenue source.

Gundlach Holding traces its origins to 1847, when Ernst Ludwig Gundlach (born 1818) founded a bookbinding and hand-gilding workshop in Bielefeld. In 1874 his eldest son, August Gundlach, joined the bookbindery, followed by the second son, Louis Gundlach, in 1879. That year also saw the start of production of packaging, folding boxes and cardboard, as well as the first issue of the Deutsche Nähmaschinen-Zeitung. In 1886 the first issue of Radmarkt appeared. In 1900 the company was converted into a stock corporation (Aktiengesellschaft). One of the founding members was Richard Kaselowsky. That year also saw the founding of the Bielefelder General-Anzeiger. In 1905 Gundlach was the first company in Germany to install an offset machine, and in 1923 it began printing banknotes. In 1928 Gundlach took over E.G. Krause GmbH of Aschersleben, and Hans Gundlach, son of August Gundlach, left the management board and founded the Graphia company in Brackwede a year later. In 1949 the grandson Richard Kaselowsky Junior took over the majority of the AG and became a member of the management board. In 1959 he converted the company into a Kommanditgesellschaft and thus became a personally liable partner. In 1965 the Oerlinghausen plant was completed, and in 1968 the company Carl Kind junior GmbH was acquired. A year later Gebr. Klingenberg GmbH in Detmold followed. In 1982 Ingeborg von Schubert (née Kaselowsky) and Bernhard von Schubert joined the management. In 1991 Gebr. Klingenberg Buchkunst Leipzig GmbH was founded. In 1995 Richard Kaselowsky handed over the chairmanship of the advisory board to his daughter Ingeborg von Schubert. In 1996 E. Gundlach Verpackung + Display GmbH and E. Gundlach Kalender GmbH were made independent. In 1997 Gundlach sold Carl Kind junior. In 1998 E. Gundlach Verpackung GmbH and E. Gundlach Display GmbH were made independent, the completed Gundlach-Karree in Bielefeld was inaugurated, and Gundlach bought the Schwerdtle & Schantz GmbH group from the Tchibo group. In 1999 Gundlach-Calendaria AG was founded in Brügg, Switzerland. In 2000 E. Gundlach International GmbH was founded with headquarters in Bielefeld, and DSV Deutscher Sportverlag was acquired from Cologne. Paul von Schubert, son of Ingeborg and Bernhard von Schubert, became managing director of DSV in 2001. In 2002 the calendar division, consisting of E. Gundlach Kalender GmbH (Bielefeld), E.G. Krause GmbH (Oerlinghausen) and Gundlach Calendaria AG (Biel, Switzerland), was sold to Lediberg S.P.A of Bergamo, Italy. Gundlach also reorganized into three business areas: Verpackung + Display, Druck + Plakat, and Verlage + Mediendienstleistungen. In 2003 Schwerdtle & Schantz became Gundlach Berlin, and Klingenberg from Detmold was merged with Beroset from Berlin. In 2005 Paul von Schubert took over the chairmanship of the management of Gundlach Holding from his father. In 2006 the two companies Gundlach Display GmbH and Gundlach Berlin Display + Verpackung GmbH were merged into Gundlach Display + Box with locations in Berlin and Oerlinghausen. As of June 30, 2009, Gundlach Holding sold all shares in Gebr. Klingenberg Buchkunst Leipzig GmbH to Messedruck Leipzig GmbH. The ongoing business transferred to the buyer with 55 employees and was to be continued at its current location and in its function. To meet the demands of globalization, Gundlach Holding founded a new plant in the desert state of Dubai. The company is called Gundlach Packaging DMCC, where DMCC stands for Dubai Multi Commodities Centre. It is a joint venture between Gundlach as majority owner with 70 percent and the state-owned DMCC group. The packaging plant was initially to produce packaging and wrappings for tea and to employ 25 people at the beginning of 2010.

• 2003

  Schwerdtle & Schantz becomes Gundlach Berlin; Klingenberg (Detmold) merged with Beroset (Berlin).

• 2002

  Calendar division sold to Lediberg S.P.A; reorganization into three business areas.

• 2001

  Paul von Schubert becomes managing director of DSV.

• 2000

  E. Gundlach International GmbH founded in Bielefeld; DSV Deutscher Sportverlag acquired from Cologne.

• 1999

  Gundlach-Calendaria AG founded in Brügg, Switzerland.

• 1998

  E. Gundlach Verpackung GmbH and E. Gundlach Display GmbH made independent; Gundlach-Karree inaugurated; Schwerdtle & Schantz GmbH group acquired from Tchibo.

• 1997

  Gundlach sells Carl Kind junior.

• 1996

  E. Gundlach Verpackung + Display GmbH and E. Gundlach Kalender GmbH made independent.

• 1995

  Richard Kaselowsky hands over the advisory board chairmanship to his daughter Ingeborg von Schubert.

• 1991

  Gebr. Klingenberg Buchkunst Leipzig GmbH founded.

• 1982

  Ingeborg von Schubert and Bernhard von Schubert join the management.

• 1969

  Gebr. Klingenberg GmbH in Detmold acquired.

• 1968

  Carl Kind junior GmbH acquired.

• 1965

  Oerlinghausen plant completed.

• 1959

  Company converted into a Kommanditgesellschaft; Kaselowsky becomes personally liable partner.

• 1949

  Richard Kaselowsky Junior takes over the majority of the AG and joins the management board.

• 1928

  Gundlach takes over E.G. Krause GmbH of Aschersleben.

• 1923

  Gundlach begins printing banknotes.

• 1905

  Gundlach becomes the first company in Germany to install an offset machine.

• 1900

  Company converted into a stock corporation; Bielefelder General-Anzeiger founded.

• 1886

  First issue of Radmarkt appears.

• 1879

  Second son Louis Gundlach joins; production of packaging, folding boxes and cardboard begins; first issue of Deutsche Nähmaschinen-Zeitung.

• 1874

  Eldest son August Gundlach joins the bookbindery.

• 1847

  Ernst Ludwig Gundlach founds a bookbinding and hand-gilding workshop in Bielefeld.

A long-established German family-owned printing, publishing and packaging group, with packaging as its dominant business.

• Packaging and displays

  Produced by Gundlach Verpackung GmbH in Oerlinghausen, the group's largest business segment.

• Folding boxes and cardboard

  Production began in 1879.

• Printing services

  Includes offset printing and, historically, banknote printing.

• Publishing and media services

  Includes DSV Deutscher Sportverlag and Bielefelder Verlag.

• Calendars

  Calendar division sold in 2002 to Lediberg S.P.A.

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