Deutscher Supplementverlag has dramatically increased the print run for the 'rtv' TV supplement. In autumn 1999, the company produced 6 million copies, a figure which has now risen to over 7.3 million, while advertising business is growing in line with this development. This makes the publishing house the clear leader in Europe. Good prospects in Spain, Portugal and Italy Arvato's Spanish printing works, Eurohueco and Printer Barcelona , continue to develop their market leadership. Eurohueco continues to operate at a high level.
Additional orders are on hand in the catalog area.
Printer Portuguesa near Lisbon is also making a name for itself. All machinery is laid out in a transparent manner in the recently opened new printing works building and has been linked together in an intelligent way. In addition, color rotary system capacity was also established. Arti Grafiche in Italy has agreed a joint venture with Rizzoli Editori, the best-known and largest publishing house in Italy, for the production of magazines using rotogravure technology and has taken a majority shareholding in the Rizzoli printing works for this purpose. This will bring Arti Grafiche strong growth in the magazine and catalog business.