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Brühlsche Universitätsdruckerei

Brühlsche Universitätsdruckerei GmbH & Co. KG is a traditional academic printing house in Gießen, Germany, founded in 1791.

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Overview

Brühlsche Universitätsdruckerei GmbH & Co. KG is a printing company based in Gießen, Germany. According to its official website, it is a traditional university printing house that combines established craft with innovative printing technology and has developed from a classic university printing house into a versatile service provider for companies, institutions and publishers. Its services include classic print products as well as modern solutions for advertising and communication, with a central focus on printing magazines, books, brochures and catalogs. The company's history page states that it was founded in 1791 in Gießen through a printing privilege granted to the Gießen professor and later university printer Justus Friedrich Wilhelm Brühl by the Grand Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt, and that it is one of Germany's most tradition-rich scientific printing houses.

History

According to the company's history page, the Brühlsche Universitätsdruckerei was founded in 1791 in Gießen. The founding was made possible by a printing privilege granted to the Gießen professor and later university printer Justus Friedrich Wilhelm Brühl by the Grand Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt. The aim was to establish a dedicated printing institution for publishing university teaching materials and scholarly texts. From its early years the printing house was closely connected with the Ludwig University of Gießen; its proximity to the university led to a constant flow of orders, with lecture scripts, dissertations and scholarly treatises typographically produced there. The history page states that the printing house played an important supporting role in academic discourse from the beginning and contributed significantly to the wider dissemination of works by Gießen scholars. The official website further states that the company, originally founded as a classic university printing house, developed into a versatile service provider for companies, institutions and publishers, and that it is one of Germany's most tradition-rich scientific printing houses.

Products and positioning

Traditional academic printing house combining established craft with innovative printing technology; a versatile service provider for companies, institutions and publishers.

Product categories. Magazine printing · Book printing · Brochure printing · Catalog printing · Advertising materials

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