Transactions
Galledia & BL Verlag
The media company Galledia acquires BL Verlag AG, based in Schlieren, to become the largest specialist information provider in the real estate and construction sector.
Since its foundation in 1977, BL Verlag has been one of Switzerland’s leading providers of technical and special knowledge. Its portfolio includes five excellent trade and special interest magazines that are well established in the market: at – Aktuelle Technik, Architektur + Technik, idea, Traumhaus and Spectrooms, as well as the associated special supplements and yearbooks. As part of a succession plan, owner and managing director Peter Boll is selling all shares in BL Verlag AG to the media company Galledia with retroactive effect from July 1, 2020.
With the trade journals “”IMMOBILIEN Business””, “”intelligent bauen”” and “”der bauingenieur””, Galledia is one of the leading Swiss providers of specialist information in the real estate sector. With the acquisition of BL Verlag AG, Galledia can expand its leading market position and will become the largest provider of qualified specialist information in the fields of real estate and construction.