Company type | Aktiengesellschaft Brand (2005–present) |
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Industry | Stationery |
Founded | 1904Berlin | in
Founder | Carl Herlitz and Günter Herlitz |
Defunct | 2005 [1] |
Fate | Acquired by Stationery Products S.à.r.l. in 2005, then sold to Pelikan in 2009 [1] |
Headquarters | Hanover, Germany |
Key people | Loo Hooi Keat (President)[2] |
Products | office supplies and Stationery |
Revenue | € 197.1 million (2012) |
Owner | Pelikan |
Number of employees | 1,335 (FTE, 2012) |
Subsidiaries | Susy Card |
Website | herlitz.de |
Herlitz PBS AG is a former German manufacturing company originally based in Berlin. It produced a wide range of products for office and school uses. The company expanded to about 3,000 customers throughout Europe, with 1,335 employees as of 2012.
After several financial problems, Herlitz was taken over by Luxembourg company Stationery Products S.à.r.l. in 2005, then becoming part of Pelikan, which now owns the Herlitz brand.[1]