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History of the Orell Füssli Group
1519
Company is founded by Christoph Froschauer, a printer who had immigrated from Bavaria. He becomes a citizen of Zurich, and his company becomes the government printing press.
1531
Folio Bible is printed (the so-called “Zurich Bible”)
1576
The land surveyor Jos Murer publishes a plan of the city
1761
The Orell and Gessner publishing companies merge to form Orell, Gessner & Cie. Hans Conrad Gessner’s bookshop is also absorbed into this partnership.
1766
Hans Rudolf Füssli takes over the publishing company of Heidegger & Cie.
1770
The Orell, Gessner & Cie. and Füssli & Cie. publishing companies merge to form Orell, Gessner, Füssli & Cie.
1780
First edition of the “Zürcher Zeitung” newspaper, which became the “Neue Zürcher Zeitung” in 1821. It was spun off as an independent public limited company in 1868.
1798
The Gessner family withdraw from the partnership; the publishing company and bookshops now trade as Orell Füssli & Cie.
1827
First securities are printed
1843
First postage stamps are printed in continental Europe, the second series worldwide – “Züri 4” and “Züri 6”
1880
Development of the ten-colour photochromic printing technique
1890
Company is converted into a public limited company (Art. Institut Orell Füssli Ltd)
1897
Listing on Zurich Stock Exchange
1911
Company begins printing banknotes for the Swiss National Bank
1992
Orell Füssli Buchhandlungs Ltd is founded; the book retailer H. Hugendubel, Germany, takes a minority interest in the company
1996
Internet book retailing launched at
www.books.ch 1999
Company is restructured to form Orell Füssli Holding Ltd
2001
Takeover of Teledata Ltd
2002
Acquisition of a majority shareholding in Atlantic Zeiser Group Ltd (Germany), which becomes wholly-owned in 2005
2003
Takeover of the publishing units Atlantis and pro juventute
2004
Acquisition of bookstores Rösslitor Bücher, St. Gall
2007
Acquisition of Globi Verlag, Zurich
2008
Acquisition of Verlag Huber, Frauenfeld, Divestment of Orell Füssli Business Information Division
2010
Acquisition of a majority shareholding in SOFHA GmbH, Berlin