Panini Verlags Gmbh

Founded: In 1961 by the Panini family

Ownership: Italian Ownership. Panini Management and Fineldo (holding company of Panini's equity sponsor: owned by Vittorio Merloni)

Headquarters: Modena, Italy

Subsidiaries: UK, Spain / Portugal, France, Holland, Germany / Austria, Brazil, Chile.

Panini's distributors / importers cover more than 100 countries all over the world, including the US and Canada, and are managed by regional sales managers who travel regularly in their regions.

Net Revenues 406 million Euros, forecast full year 2005

Employees 582 all together. Each subsidiary has its own sales staff, varying in number depending on the country.