As the business owner he had no male descendant, so the company took the name of his printer's son, Ernst Siegfried Mittler.

Mittler und Sohn thus became the main publishing house for military history and literature, and printed the instructions and journals of the armed forces.

Although this part of the production of the publisher made less than half of the publications, the company's success was closely tied to the political development of Germany.

The house continues to publish books of military history, national security policy and works of contemporary industrial technology.

The house is headquartered in Hamburg, also the current location of the holding company, which is owned by Peter Tamm.