Dähne Verlag mourns its founder

Karl-Heinz Dähne, the founder of Dähne Verlag GmbH, Ettlingen and one of its shareholders, passed away on 27 July at the age of 87. Karl-Heinz Dähne was instrumental in turning the publishing house, established in 1970, into one of the leading specialist publishers in Germany covering the DIY, timber and pet product markets.Born in Weißenfels, Karl-Heinz Dähne set up on his own in 1970 and established the publishing house that bears his name. The company specialised at an early stage in trade publications and directories in the still emerging DIY market. In 1977, two initiatives were implemented in the form of the Dähne Information Service and the DIY Industry Report, the forerunner of today's diy trade magazine, which were to develop into leading media sources in the home improvement field. The launch of the pet trade magazine in 1983 took the publisher into the nascent pet supplies sector. Other trade journals such as Holzforum followed, along with a string of national and international directories.Dähne Verlag has also been publishing books since 1992, chiefly in the aquatics field, and in 1993 it ventured into the special interest sphere. In 1996, Karl-Heinz Dähne achieved another first in setting up the first Internet portal for the DIY, timber and pet sectors. All Internet platforms have developed into indispensable electronic media with strong topical references.Karl-Heinz Dähne stood down from the operational running of the publishing house in 2000 and turned over the management of the company to his sons Marc and Gernot. In the DIY, timber and pet sectors Karl-Heinz Dähne gained an outstanding reputation as a competent and highly committed publisher.
The employees of Dähne Verlag mourn the loss of Karl-Heinz Dähne. Their thoughts are with his wife, his two sons and the whole family.