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The WEKA Group
WEKA is your reliable partner for groundbreaking expert information, high-reach media, and effective training programs!
As a leading omnichannel provider for almost all industries, we engage with decision-makers at all levels and ensure they stay one step ahead. Our portfolio provides crucial knowledge advantages, optimizes workflows, enables sustainable learning success, and connects experts across industries. Our customers benefit daily from our longstanding experience and know-how tailored to current needs with relevant content and products – in digital, print, or face-to-face formats.
Thus, as WEKA Group with 1,000 employees and 19 companies in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and France, we are one of the top addresses for media-neutral and cross-industry content.
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Business Solutions
Reliable solutions for navigating the regulatory labyrinth!
The ever changing legal and regulatory settings are a growing challenge for many organisations. At WEKA Business Solutions, our in-depth expert knowledge and custom-fit solutions make sure you keep a clear view and master your professional challenges with confidence.
Business Education
Tailor-made knowledge for your individual success!
Seminars, interactive online formats, or blended learning: In any case, with WEKA Business Education training programs you are always on the most effective track to achieving your goals. Our customized, cutting-edge training programs will get you and your team ahead faster!
Business Communication
Cross-media brand communication for high-profile target groups!
WEKA Business Communication media, events and services provide B2B and B2C decision-makers with cutting-edge information in dynamic markets. Our strong-reaching media brands are effective and reliable platforms for advertisers to create lasting customer enthusiasm for their offering.
Consumer Communication
Innovative gadgets for technology enthusiasts!
FRANZIS products make innovative technology tangible and experiential. From realistic engine construction kits to real surprises with exceptional advent calendars – anyone from 8 to 80 years old can enjoy learning to understand technology better with our do-it-yourself products.
Companies of the WEKA Group
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WEKA Business Media
CountrySwitzerland
IndustryEducational offer, Finance & Controlling, Human Resources, Law & Taxes, Management & Leadership, Public administration
MediaEvents
DivisionBusiness Solutions, Education
Entrepreneurs, board members, CEOs, managers and specialists find in the ZfU seminars sparring partners for further development in order to master the challenges in corporate management, strategy, leadership and on a personal level. For companies, we create customized programs with lasting value.
Spitta
CountryGermany
IndustryEducational offer, Health care
MediaDigital, Events, Print, Services
DivisionBusiness Solutions, Education
Spitta GmbH is one of the leading providers of dental and dental technology information, organizational aids, journals, software, and online solutions, as well as continuing education and training.
WEKA Fachmedien
CountryGermany
IndustryAutomotive, Electronic, ICT, Industry & Logistics, Plastic & Life Science
MediaDigital, Events, Print
DivisionCommunication
WEKA Fachmedien GmbH is a leading provider of cross-media brands for the target markets of professional electronics, automation, energy technology, electronics retail/electricians and ICT.
fotocommunity
CountryGermany
IndustryEducational offer
MediaDigital, Services
DivisionCommunication
fotocommunity GmbH is Europe’s largest online community of amateur photographers, with over 1,500,000 members.
WEKA Business Medien
CountryGermany
IndustryChemicals & Agriculture, Construction, Engineering & Science, Industry & Logistics, Plastic & Life Science
MediaDigital, Events, Print, Services
DivisionCommunication
WEKA Business Medien GmbH, with its renowned specialist B2B magazines and online portals for the machinery, logistics, chemical and pharmaceutical industries, is one of Germany’s leading specialist publishing companies.
FRANZIS
CountryGermany
IndustryConsumer, Educational offer
MediaDigital, Print
DivisionConsumer Communication
Franzis GmbH is a provider of special interest information for the fields of electronics, model-building, computer and web programming, and digital photography. The company publishes books, software, learning packages, e-books and apps on these topics for consumers.
WEKA Industriemedien
CountryAustria
IndustryAutomotive, Construction, Industry & Logistics
MediaDigital, Events, Print, Services
DivisionCommunication
As the result of the merger of the Industriemagazin Verlag publishing company and the specialist magazines published by WEKA Austria, WEKA Industrie Medien GmbH now has a portfolio encompassing four areas: magazines, online platforms, events and content marketing, Covering the Automotive, Construction & Building Technology, and Industry & Production segments.
Deubner Recht & Steuern
CountryGermany
IndustryLaw & Taxes
MediaDigital, Events, Print
DivisionBusiness Solutions, Education
Deubner Recht & Steuern GmbH & Co. KG is in the market as a specialist information provider firmly established for the legal and tax consulting professions and specializes in practical, innovative information solutions, which really make everyday life easier. Whether journal, textbook, CD-ROM, online solution or Client Information – With the information offered by the Deubner Recht & Steuern are tax consultants and lawyers in the Consulting practice well prepared.
WEKA Media
CountryGermany
IndustryChemicals & Agriculture, Construction, Educational offer, Electronic, Engineering & Science, Health care, Human Resources, Industry & Logistics, Occupational safety, Plastic & Life Science, Public administration
MediaDigital, Events, Print, Services
DivisionBusiness Solutions, Education
WEKA Media GmbH & Co. KG. is one of the leading providers of multimedia-based specialist information solutions for the fields of production and construction, work safety and fire protection, environment and energy, management and finance, quality management, public authorities, the building trade, architecture, corporate codetermination and data protection.
Editions Techniques de I’Ingenieur
CountryFrance
IndustryAutomotive, Construction, Educational offer, Electronic, Engineering & Science, Health care, ICT, Industry & Logistics, Plastic & Life Science, Public administration
MediaDigital, Print, Services
DivisionBusiness Solutions
Editions Techniques de l’Ingenieur S.A.S. has developed a unique database in French which compiles state-of-the-art technical sciences and which is sold all over the world in French-speaking countries.
Editions WEKA
CountryFrance
IndustryPublic administration
MediaDigital, Print
DivisionBusiness Solutions, Communication
Editions WEKA S.A.S. offers legal and regulatory databases associated with added-value services for public authorities.
Coach Akademie Schweiz
CountrySwitzerland
IndustryEducational offer
MediaEvents
DivisionEducation
The CoachTrainerAkademieSchweiz GmbH (abbreviated “CTAS”) based in St.Gallen / Rebstein has been running systemic and value-oriented coaching and coaching courses, seminars, trainings and project support in Switzerland, Germany, Austria and Italy at 24 locations since 1997. The methodological basis is the “St.Gallen Coaching Model (SCM) ®” a systemic, solution and value oriented coaching procedure.
Editions Tissot
CountryFrance
IndustryHuman Resources
MediaDigital, Print
DivisionBusiness Solutions
Editions Tissot S.A.S. is a major provider of social and HR legal and regulatory databases and information products for the French SME market.
WEKA Business Solutions
CountryAustria
IndustryChemicals & Agriculture, Construction, Educational offer, Electronic, Health care, Human Resources, Law & Taxes, Occupational safety, Public administration
MediaDigital, Events, Print
DivisionBusiness Solutions, Consumer Communication
WEKA Business Solutions GmbH is a leading provider of specialist information and seminars in the fields of law, taxation, technology, management and construction.
Lernwerkstatt
CountrySwitzerland
IndustryEducational offer
MediaEvents
DivisionEducation
Lernwerkstatt Olten GmbH exclusively provides training courses for education experts throughout German-speaking Switzerland. The courses offer qualifications such as the “SVEB-Zertifikat” (SVEB = Swiss Continuing Education Association), “Ausbilder/in mit eidg. Fachausweis” (“State-Certified Educator”) and “Ausbildungsleiter/in mit eidg. Diplom” (“Education Leader with a State-Accredited Diploma”).
WEKA Media Pulishing
CountryGermany
IndustryICT
MediaDigital, Events, Print, Services
DivisionCommunication
WEKA Media Publishing GmbH publishes special interest B2C magazines in the fields of telecommunications, information technology, consumer electronics and photography, as well as corresponding online offerings.
ZfU-Zentrum für Unternehmungsführung
CountrySwitzerland
IndustryEducational offer
MediaDigital, Events
DivisionEducation
Entrepreneurs, board members, CEOs, managers and specialists find in the ZfU seminars sparring partners for further development in order to master the challenges in corporate management, strategy, leadership and on a personal level. For companies, we create customized programs with lasting value. For companies, we create tailor-made programmes with lasting value.
COMUNDI
CountryFrance
IndustryEducational offer, Human Resources, Law & Taxes, Occupational safety, Public administration
MediaDigital, Events
DivisionEducation
COMUNDI S.A.S. is a major player for congresses and training programmes on the French market, esp. in the segments of management and coaching, HR and social issues, public market, health and security.
WEKA Akademie
CountryGermany
IndustryEducational offer
MediaDigital, Events
DivisionEducation
WEKA Akademie GmbH is one of Germany’s leading providers of further education for specialists and executives. With its seminars, workshops, courses, conferences and congresses, the organizers cover a wide range of topics relevant to the company across all hierarchical levels.
What makes us stand out.
Good reasons why customers rely on us.
Jochen Hortschansky
Managing Director WEKA Media, Germany
“WEKA Media supports companies in their daily work with practice-oriented multimedia solutions for specialized information.”
Sabine Zumach
Managing Director Coach Akademie, Switzerland
“We train value-oriented systemic coaches, who accompany people in change processes sustainably and effectively – both personally and digitally.”
Stephan Bernhard
Managing Director WEKA Akademie, Germany
“WEKA Akademie is one of Germany’s leading providers of continuing education for specialists and managers. Our program is geared to the daily professional challenges of our customers and designed in such a way that the knowledge acquired can be implemented directly and sustainably.”
Dirk Waasen
Publishing Director WEKA Media Publishing, Germany
“Weka Media Publishing is a highly credible print and online partner. The company’s own test laboratory and FifT market research ensure effective consulting, while some of the highest affiliate conversion rates in the industry are evidence of the trust in our brands”.
Ralf Wagner
Managing Director Deubner Recht & Steuern, Germany
“Customised services, practical solutions and the latest information – these are all reasons legal and tax professionals and their clients appreciate us.”
Peter Eberhard
Publishing Director WEKA Business Medien, Germany
“With our technical and technological expertise, we create premium editorial content for our clients to help decision makers when they decide on investments.”
Matthäus Hose
Managing Director WEKA Fachmedien, Germany
“WEKA Fachmedien is a leading provider of cross-media brands for the target markets of professional electronics, automation, power engineering, electrical trade/craft, wood/roof construction and ITC.”
Jochen Hortschansky
Managing Director WEKA Business Solutions, Austria
“We provide information that offers entrepreneurs genuine help every day when making important decisions.”
Caroline Acs
Managing Director Editions Tissot, France
“Editions Tissot solutions make legal processes simple and secure. Our clients save time so they can concentrate on tasks that add value.”
Stephan Bernhard
Managing Director WEKA Business Media, Switzerland
“WEKA Business Media is the partner for practical knowledge and focused further education for specialists and executives in Switzerland.”
Beatrice Schmidt
Managing Director WEKA Industrie Medien, Austria
“We put a heavy focus on delivering high-quality, reliable and up-to-date information to our clients in a precisely targeted manner.”
Jörg Warnken
Managing Director FRANZIS, Germany
“FRANZIS and its unique products make automotive fans and those thirsty for knowledge tingle with excitement. The quintessential FRANZIS products are characterised by a combination of innovation, customer experience and strong branding.”
Nathalie Marthe-Bismuth
Managing Director Editions WEKA, France
“Industry news, legal remedies, legal assistance: we provide support every day to all stakeholders in public administration. We are as close as possible to all officials and our experts come from the public sector –like I have a background in public administration.”
Robin Dualé
Managing Director Editions TI, France
“Techniques de l’Ingénieur is the largest resource for scientific and technical documentation, contributing to innovation in industrial and engineering training. Quick-SDS helps companies with day-to-day management of safety data sheets.”
Judith von Rotz
Managing Director ZfU, Switzerland
“Entrepreneurs, board members, CEOs, managers and specialists find in the ZfU seminars sparring partners for further development in order to master the challenges in corporate management, strategy, leadership and on a personal level. For companies, we create customized programs with lasting value.”
Daniel Herzog
Manging Director Lernwerkstatt, Switzerland
“We are the leading education provider for active adult education, effective coaching and productive mentoring. We help you achieve your professional and personal goals.”
Halil Recber
Managing Director Spitta, Germany
“At Spitta, we use media, training, software and online solutions to ensure that dental clinics and laboratories can devote themselves competently and successfully to their core tasks: treating and caring for patients.”
Claire Pascal
Managing Director Comundi, France
“Comundi is a leading professional training organisation in France and an expert in business and soft skill development, including for the public sector.”
News
The latest news and interesting facts from the companies of the WEKA Group.
Gold standard achieved Spitta
If the wedding celebration is the 50th anniversary, it is called the golden wedding. Fiftieth anniversaries are also celebrated in other areas of life and society. Coins are minted, balloons are released and champagne corks are popped. In view of the pronounced joy of celebration, one could conclude that a certain gold standard has indeed been reached with a fiftieth anniversary: Anyone who has been successful for 50 years has shown steadfastness and proven that his venture was based on a good idea. This is now also true for Spitta.
The idea: an index card for every patient
At the end of the 1960s, one thing that today’s dental practices take for granted did not yet exist: the patient index card. Albert Spitta, a dentist in private practice, was so troubled by sorting and organizing the most recent patient data at the end of each quarter that he developed a DIN A5 system index card, first for his own use and then for an ever-growing circle of patients. This card later became the standard in numerous dental practices and is still used today.
After 25 years of practical work as a dentist, Albert Spitta decides, together with his wife Ursula, to manufacture and distribute the patented invention himself. He begins printing the index cards in series in the 20 m2 basement of the practice. Some patients are surprised at the loud pounding noises coming from the basement into the practice. Two printing presses are literally working at full speed in the basement of the Balingen dentist’s practice until the statics of the building are at risk and the print shop’s departure is unavoidable. With the proceeds from the sale of the practice, the Spitta couple starts anew. This is the birth of the Spitta publishing house. Albert Spitta later comments, “We started with one printer, and we didn’t know if we’d fall flat on our faces.”
But there was no question of the latter. The publisher’s motto, which was as simple as it was plausible: “From practice for practice,” became the company’s recipe for success. The index card was continuously joined by other organizational tools for the dental practice, such as patient note sheets, individual forms, appointment books and control books. Albert Spitta’s teaching activities in the training of dental assistants resulted in the first loose-leaf book published by Spitta: “Praxisverwaltung, Lehr- und Nachschlagewerk für die Zahnarzthelferin.
Competition and digitalization anticipated
The young publishing house also quickly becomes active in the electronic media sector. It is interesting to read a passionate discussion from this time, in which renowned dentists discuss the pros and cons of “computers in the dental practice”. In 1978, for example, the dentist Dr. Ralph Gutmann wrote in a debate that is hardly comprehensible today: “On the other hand, it is astonishing with what devotion and lack of clear-sightedness various members of our profession have been using (or allowing themselves to be used?) for some years now to impose on us this machine, the computer, which is hostile to our profession and freedom.” In this “computer dispute”, Albert Spitta breaks a lance for progress under the keyword “standstill is stagnation”.
WEKA Akademie TOP provider of continuing education
“The business magazine FOCUS has named us – WEKA Akademie GmbH – “TOP Provider for Continuing Education 2022″ for the second time in a row! Day in, day out, we put a lot of passion and heart and soul into our approximately 1,000 seminars, workshops, courses or congresses per year. We are delighted that our work is so highly regarded by our customers and would like to express our sincere thanks for this award!”
SafetyClips by WEKA MEDIA
The instruction solution „SafetyClips by WEKA“ offers mobile video instruction on the topic of “Safety at Work”. With entertaining short clips, employees instruct themselves on topics that are relevant to their industry. The time required is minimal, but the learning effect is all the greater.
Whether on the road, in the home office or in the office, employees can access the Safety Clips learning videos via stream at any time and from anywhere. The content is specially tailored to the needs of different workplace situations and sectors such as office, industry, construction or health and is constantly being expanded. This means employees can always find new, relevant topics that directly affect their day-to-day work.
The short animated videos, lasting a maximum of five minutes, are presented in an entertaining way, which increases acceptance for the topic of “safety instruction”, which is often perceived as a nuisance, and promotes sustainable knowledge transfer. The brevity of the videos also contributes to the fact that self-instruction with Safety Clips can be optimally integrated into every working day.
With SafetyClips, learning success is checked as part of an interactive comprehension check and automatically documented by a corresponding confirmation of participation. In this way, companies save a considerable amount of time in the preparation, implementation and documentation of instruction and also strengthen the personal responsibility of employees.
Awards „TOP-Fernschule 2023“
For the sixth time in a row, the Social Media Academy (SMA) from WEKA Media was awarded the “Top Distance Learning School 2023” award by the rating portal FernstudiumCheck. This means that SMA continues to be one of Germany’s most popular distance-learning schools.
FernstudiumCheck reviewed and evaluated 14,976 ratings for the 2023 awards. Of these, only 38 institutes were listed in this year’s distance learning school ranking, and this includes the ZFU-certified SMA from WEKA Media. With a star rating of 4.5/5 and a recommendation rate of 95%, the academy, which was founded in 2010, met the strict criteria and received the grade “very good”.
More than 5,200 participants have already been trained on the purely virtual learning platform as part of the social learning method – i.e. self-determined in terms of time and location, always accompanied by a tutor and in collaborative exchange with other participants – to become social media managers, online marketing managers, e-commerce managers or digital sales managers. And the participants of the SMA are satisfied with their training – this is shown by the customer evaluations based on which the award is presented by FernstudiumCheck. Once again, SMA scored highly in the categories “Flexibility”, “Digital Learning” and “Study Content”. The participants also appreciate the intensive “support” at SMA.
WEKA Group Management
The WEKA Group is managed strategically by its holding company with headquarters in Kissing and Munich. The operational business lies in the hands of the division heads.
Kurt Skupin
CEO
WEKA Group
Silke Böckmann
CFO
WEKA Group
Robin Dualé
WEKA Business Solutions & Education, Division Head/ Managing Director
France
Stephan Bernhard
WEKA Business Solutions & Education, Division Head / Managing Director
Switzerland & Germany
Matthäus Hose
WEKA Business Communication, Division Head / Managing Director
Germany & Austria
Jochen Hortschansky
WEKA Business Solutions & Education, Division Head / Managing Director
Germany & Austria
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2022
In the course of strategic focusing, WEKA Group has sold Lexagri SAS to Foodchain ID, a US provider of regulatory intelligence services. For the WEKA Group, the divestment is another step in the direction of harmonizing and strengthening the portfolio
2021
- Sale of frechverlag (Stuttgart) to Penguin Random House
- Sale of INFO-TECHNO Baudatenbank (Mondsee) to Olmero, Swiss tender platform
- Lernwerkstatt Olten has now taken over the portfolio of TA in Lucerne
2020
In 2020 the WEKA Firmengruppe was completely taken over by the private, owner-managed investment company Paragon Partners.
2019
Merger and Acquisition of the majority of AGROBASE / Lexagri (Saint-Julien-en-Genevois) by WEKA France
2018
- Company founder Werner Mützel dies at the age of 77 years
- Acquisition of ILT Solutions (Cologne) by WEKA Holding
- Acquisition of the CoachTrainerAkademieSchweiz (Rebstein) by WEKA Business Media
- Takeover of the LANline-Portfolio from ITP Verlages (Kaufering) by WEKA Fachmedien
- Takeover of Journals AUTlook and process pur (Vienna) by WEKA Industrie Medien
- Takeover of LexPG from thinking information Verlag GmbH (Dorfen) by WEKA MEDIA
- Formation of WEKA Akademie GmbH by merging the Forum Group with the seminar activities of WEKA MEDIA and TQM
2017
- Bundling of the group’s German-language training activities in the WEKA Learning Group, which focuses on coping with the challenges of digital transformation.
- Founding of WEKA Industrie Medien GmbH by merging the der Industriemagazin Verlag GmbH with the magazine activities of WEKA-Verlag Gesellschaft m.b.H.
- Takeover of the journals of JM Fachmedien (Landsberg am Lech) by WEKA Business Medien
- Disposal of WEKA Business Media B.V. (Amsterdam) to the management
- Takeover of Symposium Publishing (Düsseldorf) by WEKA MEDIA Acquisition of Industriemagazin Verlag (Vienna) by WH WEKA Holding
2016
- Acquisition of 80% of webculture (Mannheim) by WEKA Holding
- Acquisition of Forum Group (Wiesbaden) by WEKA Holding
- Takeover of Formhygiène (Montpellier) by CMT
2015
- Closure of Blogwerk (Zurich)
- Takeover of Pro Lernen (Unterschleissheim) by WEKA MEDIA
- Takeover of the training business of LexisNexis France (Paris) by Comundi
- Acquisition of 80% of DIOS (Reken) by WEKA Holding
- The Paris-based companies of the WEKA Group (Editions WEKA, Editions Techniques de l’Ingenieur, Comundi, CMT, WEKA Service) move from Paris to the suburb of Saint Denis
- Acquisition of 80% of Lernwerkstatt Olten (Olten) by WEKA Business Media
2014
- Takeover of Comundi (Paris) by WEKA FORMATION
- Takeover of WIADOK Wirtschaftsarchiv (Minden) by Deubner Verlag
2013
- 40-year company anniversary of WEKA
- Acquisition of MB Formation (Paris) by Editions WEKA
- Takeover of screenguide (Düsseldorf) by WEKA MEDIA PUBLISHING
2012
- Acquisition of Agricommand (Gémenos) by C.M.T.
- Acquisition of INFO-TECHNO Baudatenbank (Mondsee) by WEKA Holding
- Acquisition of Blogwerk (Zurich) by WEKA Holding
- Acquisition of TQM Training & Consulting (Heilbronn) by WEKA MEDIA
- Acquisition of fotocommunity (Cologne) by WEKA Holding
- Acquisition of Hoppenstedt Publishing (Darmstadt) by WEKA Holding
- Acquisition of facility-info.com (Amsterdam) by WEKA Netherlands
2011
- Acquisition of ZfU (Thalwil) by WEKA Holding
- Acquisition of foerderland (Mannheim) by WEKA MEDIA
- Acquisition of dent.kom (Berlin) by Spitta
2010
- Takeover of Busse Seewald (Bielefeld) by frechverlag
- Takeover of 100% of the shares of the joint venture CMP-WEKA (Poing) from UBM by WEKA Holding
2009
- WEKA Netherlands takes over Arko-Verlag (Amsterdam) with its three specialist construction magazines
- WEKA Verlag AG (Zurich) is renamed WEKA Business Media AG
2008
- Sale of Editions WEKA Belgium to mediabooks (Ghent)
- WEKA MEDIA Publishing takes over Division III of Motor Presse Stuttgart with eight CE and telecommunications magazines; opening of a new office in Stuttgart
- Spitta takes over Flohr-Verlag (Heidelberg) with four specialist dental medicine magazines
- WEKA MEDIA purchases Dachbau-Magazin from Kleffmann Verlag (Bochum)
- Sale of the info/Cartography Division (Mering/Munich) to the mediaprint Group in Paderborn
- Sale of frech druck (Stuttgart), the last print works of the WEKA Group; the frechverlag publishing company remains in the Group’s possession
- WEKA Verlag Vienna takes over Springer Business Media Austria (Vienna) with 17 specialist B2B magazines
2007
- WEKA Magazine Group is renamed WEKA Media Group Munich
- Takeover of the imprint “Public Formation” from IFSP (Montrouge) by Editions WEKA
- Takeover of the imprint “Dental start-up” from pdv (Heidelberg) by Spitta Verlag
2006
- Takeover of the HRM portfolio from Netwerk Pers (Amsterdam) by WEKA Netherlands
- The online platform Chimie Minitel Teletransmission (Paris) is purchased by Editions WEKA
- Sale of the 49% stake in BEHR’S Verlag (Hamburg)
2005
- Collaboration with Haufe Media Group in Switzerland through the merger of Haufe BusinessMedia AG (Zurich) and WEKA Verlag AG (Zurich)
- WEKA MEDIA takes over UB MEDIA (Markt Schwaben)
2004
- WEKA MEDIA takes over sirAdos (Dachau)
2003
- Sale of the Polish sister publishing company WEKA Sp. z.o.o, (Warsaw) to the Forum Group (Mering)
- Sale of the 50% stakes in the publishing companies Lupus (Poland) and Computer Panoráma (Hungary)
2002
- The sale of the WEKA Magazine Group to Süddeutscher Verlag Hüthig Fachinformationen GmbH fails; the WEKA Magazine Group remains an independent division within the WEKA Group
- Merger of Kissing-based publishing company Recht und Praxis with Deubner Verlag (Cologne)
- Sale of Les Editions du Centre de Psychologie Apliquée (ECPA) (Paris)
2001
- Formation of WEKA MEDIA GmbH & Co. KG (Kissing) by merging the WEKA specialist construction publishing companies, WEKA specialist management publishing companies, WEKA specialist publishing company for technical managers, and the WEKA Logistics Center, Augsburg
- Sale of the WEKA Magazine Group to Süddeutscher Verlag Hüthig Fachinformationen GmbH (subject to approval by the antitrust authorities)
- Sale of Civitas Ediciones (Madrid)
- Reorganisation of the WEKA Corporate Group: Structuring into four independent divisions: “WEKA Business Information”, “Information Brochures and Cartography”, “WEKA Media Group Munich” and “Creative Design”
- Discontinuation of CONWAVE and i-ConneXX
- Foundation of WEKA Business Information GmbH & Co. KG (Kissing) as the umbrella company for the 16 domestic and foreign publishing companies of the former “Specialist Information” division
2000
- CONWAVE (intranet-based solution for specialist information) and i-ConneXX (portal/search engine for specialist legal information) are developed in the course of the general internet boom
- Closure of WEKA’s specialist publishing company in Hungary (Budapest)
1999
- WEKA Italy (publisher of information materials) ceases operations
- Sale of WEKA Consumer Media (games magazines)
- Sale of WAGO-CURADATA (accounting software)
- Sale of ReNoFlex (software for lawyers)
- Sale of PCAS (software for the building trade)
1998
- 25 years of WEKA: 36 specialist publishing companies and software developers in 11 European countries, employing more than 3,000 people
- Purchase of Gesellschaft für Wirtschaftsinformationen (GWI) (Munich)
- Sale of DentSo-Spitta
- Foundation of Fun Creativ (Kiel)
1997
- Foundation of the joint venture CMP-WEKA with CMP, America’s largest publisher of computer magazines
- Closure of WEKA USA
- Takeover of REWI Verlags- und Buchhandels-GmbH (Waltenhofen)
- Takeover of Renoflex Computer- und Software GmbH
- Takeover of the Spanish legal publishing company Civitas Ediciones (Madrid)
- With over 401 million euros in turnover, WEKA is the number one German specialist and scientific publishing company for the first time
1996
- The takeover of Magna Media (Haar) makes WEKA the biggest provider of specialist journals for IT, electronics and telecommunications in Germany
- Purchase of Dr. Peter Deubner Verlag (Cologne), a publishing company for the legal and accountancy professions
- Purchase of the French specialist legal publishing company Tissot (Annecy)
- Foundation of Alfa WEKA (Warsaw)
1995
- Formation of the Software Division with the aim of linking professional information with application software.
- Purchase of Editions Techniques de l’Ingenieur (Paris)
- WEKA becomes the market leader in complete in-house solutions through the merger of WAGO and Curadata to form WAGO-CURADATA
- 314 million euros in turnover, 2,550 employees
- Purchase of debis Systemhaus Curadata (Hamburg)
1993
- 2,500 employees celebrate the 20-year anniversary
- The Competence Center for Electronic Publishing starts working on establishing online databases
- The WEKA publishing companies begin to offer the first supplementary electronic products
- 10th anniversary of the international WEKA Tennis Cup
1992
- Purchase of Frech-Verlag (Stuttgart)
- Creation of the first Architecture Prize by the WEKA specialist construction publishing company
- Continuous support for the “Bunter Kreis”, a society helping severely ill children, through active collaboration and financial assistance
- 34 percent growth, over 250 million euros in turnover
1991
- 60 percent stake in the DentSo software developer
- Awarding of the first WEKA Environment Prize by the specialist publishing company for technical managers
- Takeover of Franzis-Verlag (Munich)
- 38 percent increase in turnover
1990
- Purchase of ECPA (Paris), a specialist publisher of psychology literature
- Move to a new company building at Römerstraße 16 in Kissing
- 24 percent increase in turnover
1989
- WEKA purchase a 49 percent stake in WAGO Softwarehaus
- Foundation of Editions WEKA Belgium
- Restructuring into five divisions with a seven-person executive management team
- 27 percent growth in turnover – with over 100 million euros, WEKA is Germany’s third-largest specialist publishing company
1988
- Foundation of WEKA Publishing Inc. (New York)
- Entry into the German computer magazine market with the takeover of a 48 percent stake in Daten- und Medienverlagsgesellschaft DMV
1986
- Turnover exceeds 50 million euros
- Construction of a new company building for 300 additional workplaces
1985
- Takeover of Spitta Verlag (Balingen)
- Foundation of WEKA Austria in Vienna
1983
Foundation of WEKA Netherlands in Amsterdam
1982
- Move into the expanded company building
- Over 1,000 authors write specialist books and reference works for WEKA
1980
Foundation of WEKA Italy in Milan
1979
- Over 100 employees and 200 specialist authors now work for the company.
- Foundation of WEKA France in Paris
1978
- The 100th book title is published
- WEKA Switzerland based in Zurich is founded as the first foreign subsidiary
1976
Delivery of the first up-to-date reference book via direct sales and book shops
1975
- Move to the first company building in Kissing
- Market leader: over 800 cities in Germany, Austria and Switzerland purchase information brochures for new residents from WEKA. The information brochures are financed through adverts by local companies
1973
- 01.10.1973 : Foundation of the WEKA specialist publishing company for administration and industry by Werner and Karin Mützel.
- Products: clearly structured specialist books, easy-to-understand forms and information brochures for new residents in cities and towns.