Publishing house founder celebrates 80th birthday

Karl-Heinz Dähne, founder and partner of Dähne Verlag GmbH, Ettlingen, is celebrating his 80th birthday on 13 January 2010. In 1970 he founded Karl-Heinz Dähne Verlag, a company specialising in trade publications within the fledgling DIY market. In 1977 came the launch of two titles, the Dähne Informationsdienst and the DIY-Branchenreport, the forerunner of today’s diy specialist magazine, which were destined to develop into leading media in the field of home improvement in Germany. Publication in 1983 of the pet specialist magazine marked the company’s entry into the pet sector. Further specialist publications such as DIY International (1989), HOLZFORUM (1994) and PET worldwide (2002) round off the range of hugely informative trade magazines. Added to these are national and international address directories for the DIY, gardening and pet sectors.
In 1996 Dähne Verlag once more proved its pioneering credentials by setting up the www.DIYonline.de internet portal. Four more portals were still to come: www.DIYglobal.com, www.PETonline.de, www.Holzonline.de and www.PET-global.com.
Dähne Verlag is celebrating the company’s 40th birthday in 2010 with a number of special publications and actions. The publisher’s threefold motto for the anniversary year: “professional, versatile, international”.