Besides the Fachbuchverlag Leipzig it was one of the most important publishers of specialist books in the field of technology and natural sciences in the GDR up to and including the years immediately after the Wende in the reunified Germany, after which the number of new publications by Verlag Technik decreased significantly.
During its East German years it also published many trade journals for various technical fields, e.g. Radio Fernsehen Elektronik (Radio television electronics), MP Mikroprozessortechnik [de] (MP microprocessor technology), Neue Technik im Büro [de] (New technology in the office), Agrartechnik (Agricultural engineering), Kraftfahrzeugtechnik: Technische Zeitschrift des Kraftfahrwesens [de] (KFT) or Die Technik: technisch-wissenschaftliche Zeitschrift für Grundsatz- und Querschnittsfragen (Technology - technical-scientific journal for basic and cross-sectional questions) (1950–1953).
[1] In the course of the German reunification, VEB Verlag Technik was converted into a GmbH on 1 July 1990, of which the Treuhandanstalt was a 100% shareholder.
[3] This also ended the membership of Verlag Technik in the Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels (German Book Trade Association).
[3] A small number of popular books and magazines, such as Elektropraktiker [de] or Hebezeuge Fördermittel are still published up to today.