Type Employee owned Founder David W. Friesen | Headquarters Altona, Canada Founded 1907, Altona, Canada | |
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Industry Book, yearbook, and consumer packaging manufacturing Key people Chad Friesen, president and chief operating officerDavid G. Friesen, chairman of the board Products Books, Yearbooks, History Books Consumer Packaging | ||
Friesens corporation r908p xxl
Friesens Corporation is Canada's largest printer of hardcover books. They are employee-owned, specializing in hardcover books and yearbooks, and located in Altona, Manitoba, Canada. Friesens also operates a self publishing subsidiary named FriesenPress, launched in 2009.
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Friesens corporation my company
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.
Current operations
Friesens is Canada's largest printer of hardcover books. Furthermore, they have been rated as one of Canada's best 50 managed companies by Deloitte and Touche on several occasions. In 2006, Friesens was 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.
In 2009, Friesens opened the self-publishing imprint FriesenPress in Victoria, which by 2013 published about 200 books per month.