Portrait: Axel-Springer-Druckerei
Axel Springer AG
The company in brief
Established by the publisher of the same name in 1946, Axel Springer is now Germany’s largest newspaper publishing house. With over 150 newspapers and magazines in 27 countries, 10,700 employees and consolidated sales of about 2.4 billion euros in 2005, Axel Springer is one of the leading international media enterprises.

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Offset Printing Plant Ahrensburg
After an extensive technical reinvestment programme, Ahrensburg now represents the most modern offset printing plant of Axel Springer AG. Between 850,000 and 930,000 daily papers leave the printing plant each day. On Sundays, up to 550,000 copies of “Bild am Sonntag” and “Welt am Sonntag” are printed. They also handle a lot of printed material for other publishing houses, including the weekly magazine “Die Zeit”.
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