Much of that growth was overseen by long term CEO Uwe Swientek, who was at the company's helm for almost 30 years.
Sonopress has factories and sales offices on all five continents, and predominantly serves customers in the music, software, and video game industry.
It was one of the four major units of Arvato AG, the media and communications services company that in turn is one of the six divisions of Bertelsmann.
In 2008, to celebrate 50 years in the business, the name Sonopress was dropped and replaced by Arvato Digital Services.
[2] In 2015, Arvato Entertainment was re-organized and is now doing business under its former name (i.e. Sonopress) within the Bertelsmann Printing Group division.