Type Public (Xetra: FPH) Number of employees 1,100 Headquarters Birkenwerder, Germany | Industry Business Services Website www.fp-francotyp.com Founded 1923 | |
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Key people Hans Szymanski, CEO & CFO
Thomas Grethe, CSO
Sven Meise, CDO Products Metering Systems
Presort Mail Services Stock price FPH (ETR) € 5.15 -0.05 (-0.88%)15 Mar, 5:36 PM GMT+1 - Disclaimer Subsidiaries Francotyp-Postalia GmbH Profiles | ||
Francotyp-Postalia is based in Berlin, Germany, the company has sales subsidiaries in the Germany, the United States, United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Italy, Canada, Sweden, Austria, and Singapore.
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Overall, the FP Group has a worldwide market share of 10% (an installed base of around 230,000 units), and is represented with its own distributors or dealers in more than 40 countries around the world.
History
The Francotyp-Postalia Group has been in business for over 90 years. Francotyp-Postalia was founded in 1923. In 1994 the company's activities in Berlin and Offenbach were moved to a modern factory with adjacent administrative offices in Birkenwerder. In 2006 the Francotyp-Postalia Holding AG was founded followed by the initial public offering on 30 November 2006. To broaden its product portofolio along the value chain of its customers, Francotyp-Postalia acquires 100% of freesort GmbH and 51% of iab GmbH. Both businesses are related to the german postal markets, offering additional services to handle postal process within companies. In 2011 Francotyp-Postalia made the next step and acquires 51% of Mentana-Claimsoft GmbH.
Services
Francotyp-Postalia provides a comprehensive suite of mailstream hardware and software solutions and services. Francotyp-Postalia is the market leader for franking machines in Germany and Austria, with a market share of more than 42% and 45%. Its market share worldwide ist approximately 10%. Francotyp-Postalia's most important markets are Germany, the United States, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.