Orell Füssli Acquires Verlag SKV AG and further Expands its Position in the Swiss Education Market
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Orell Füssli Acquires Verlag SKV AG and further Expands its Position in the Swiss Education Market Zurich, 04.03.2025 - The Orell Füssli Group is acquiring Verlag SKV AG, a leading Swiss provider of learning media for commercial and business education. The acquisition represents a further step in the implementation of the growth strategy in the attractive learning media market and strengthens Orell Füssli's position in the Swiss education sector. The demand for teaching and learning media is vast and offers various potentials which are not yet being exploited. With this acquisition Orell Füssli is significantly expanding its existing publishing portfolio, which already includes learning media for various school and educational levels as well as legal media, and is thus fostering its position as Switzerland's leading private provider of learning media. The SKV’s publishing programme is an ideal addition the existing offering of Orell Füssli and will remain on the market under its strong own brand. The SKV publishing house will continue to be run by the existing management team in Zurich and all employees will be taken over. The parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price. Daniel Link, CEO of Orell Füssli: "The acquisition of Verlag SKV AG underlines our strategic focus on education and enables our company to expand its range of services and to increase our customer base, particularly in the area of commercial vocational education. We are looking forward to working with the competent and motivated colleagues at the SKV publishing house. Our combined knowledge will open up new opportunities for the development of offerings for students and teachers in the Swiss school system." Sascha M. Burkhalter, CEO of the Swiss Association of Commercial Employees, adds: "Education and lifelong learning are firmly anchored in the DNA of the Swiss Association of Commercial Employees and its subsidiary Verlag SKV AG. In Orell Füssli we have found an ideal and trustworthy new owner with whom the SKV publishing house can continue its further development in the Swiss learning media market and pursue sustainable education strategies."
About Verlag SKV AG The SKV publishing house is an established and future-orientated publisher of learning media: According to the motto "Transforming Learning. Learning to Transform." it has been producing teaching materials and specialized textbooks for commercial and business education since 1925. The learning media published by SKV stand for high-quality learning content that expands knowledge, fosters creativity and enhances critical thinking skills. The portfolio includes print titles and the digital learning platform “LERN:GALAXIE”, designed for commercial vocational training and other educational programmes. Based in Zurich, the SKV publishing house has 15 dedicated employees and achieved last year a revenue in the mid-single-digit million range.
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| Language: | English |
| Company: | Orell Füssli AG |
| Dietzingerstrasse 3 | |
| 8003 Zürich | |
| Switzerland | |
| Fax: | 044 466 77 11 |
| E-mail: | info@orellfuessli.com |
| Internet: | https://www.orellfuessli.com/ |
| ISIN: | CH0003420806 |
| Listed: | SIX Swiss Exchange |
| EQS News ID: | 2094581 |
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2094581 04.03.2025 CET/CEST
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