[22][23] At the time of its founding, the Bertelsmann Printing Group earned annual revenues of some €1.7 billion and had more than 8,000 employees.

[24] Independent of the merger, the brands of the individual printing companies, service and production operations remained intact.

[25] Over the course of the business year, it had a significant positive effect on the profit situation of the entire corporate group.

[26][27] In 2017, additional companies from the digital marketing business of Arvato have changed over to the Bertelsmann Printing Group.

Initially, the Bertelsmann Printing Group was led by Bertram Stausberg and Axel Hentrei as two equal Chief Executive Officers.