The Panini Group was founded in 1961 by the Panini family in Modena, Italy, where it’s still headquartered.  It is the world leader in the published collectable sector and the leading multi-national publisher of comics, children's magazines and mangas  in Europe and Latin America.

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

 

Subsidiaries are located in:

• Chile
• Brazil
• Mexico
• U.S.A.
• UK
• Spain
• France
• Holland
• Switzerland
• Germany
• Turkey

 

A  representative office has been opened in 2008 in Warsaw, Poland.

 

Net Revenues Euros 620 million (year 2009).

 

The Group has more than 750 employees.

 

 

 

There are six main Business Areas:

• Collectibles
• Publishing
• Distribution
• Licensing Out
• Panini Digital
• New Media