Friesens Corporation

Infobox Company
name = Friesens Corporation

type = Employee owned
genre = Printing
foundation = Altona, Manitoba, Canada
founder = David W. Friesen
location_city = Altona, Manitoba
location_country = Canada
area_served = North America
key_people = Curwin Friesen, President and Chief Operating Officer
David G. Friesen, Chief Executive Officer
industry = Printing
revenue = CAD$74,000,000 (2006) increase 6% from 2005cite web |url=http://www.piworld.com/download?sid=42409 |title=The Printing Impressions 400 (pdf) |accessdate=2008-08-19]
products = Books, yearbooks
num_employees = 600
divisions = Friesens Book Division, Friesens Yearbooks, Friesens Fastprint & Packaging, Friesens Business Machines
homepage = http://www.friesens.com

Friesens Corporation is Canada's largest printer of hardcover books.cite web |url=http://www.gov.mb.ca/ctt/invest/strategic/strat4.html |title=The Economy |accessdate=2008-08-19] They are employee-owned, specializing in hardcover books and yearbooks, and located in Altona, Manitoba, Canada.

History

Friesens was founded by David W. Friesen in 1907 as a confectionery store, which expanded to become a bookstore. In 1933, he purchased a printing press and began publication of the Red River Valley Echo. The company underwent rapid expansion in the 1960s and 70s, becoming a regional printer of high school yearbooks.. Furthermore, they have been rated as one of Canada's Best 50 Managed Companies by Deloitte and Touche on several occasions.cite web |url=https://www.canadas50best.com/en/meetourwinners/Pages/Requal.aspx |title=2007 Requalified members |accessdate=2008-08-19] As of 2006, Friesens is number 81 of the top 400 printing companies in the United States and Canada.

In 2000, Friesens printed the Canadian run of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, producing 400,000 copies of the book.cite web |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/story/2000/07/12/mb_120700Potter.html |title=Potter book flies off shelves |accessdate=2008-08-19]

Awards

*In 2004, The National Association for Printing Leadership awarded Friesens its highest management award.cite web |url=http://www.napl.org/news.pressdetail.aspx?PressId=305 |title=Management Plus Awards Winners 2004 |accessdate=2008-08-19]
*In 2004, Caldwell Partners and the Globe and Mail named president Curwin Friesen as one of Canada's "Top 40 Under 40". cite web |url=http://www.top40award-canada.org/award/old/2004.shtml |title=2004 Recipients |accessdate=2008-08-11]

External links

* [http://www.friesens.com Friesens Corporation]

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