Scangraphic is a division of Dr. Böger Duplomat Apparate GmbH & Co.KG, based in Wedel near Hamburg

Hamburg

-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...

, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

. It was founded by Bernd Holthusen and Knut Schmiedl.

Mannesmann AG acquired Scangraphic in 1989, and the company was renamed Mannesmann Scangraphic. By 1994 Mannesmann Scangraphic is sold to the ITRACO Holding. The company is now called Scangraphic PrePress Technology GmbH. The company designed, developed and produced digital typesetting systems: Scantext

Scantext

Scantext was a professional code-driven digital typesetting system popular in the 1980s, rendered obsolete by the popularity of the personal computer and desktop publishing software. It was developed and built by Scangraphic, a division of Dr...

 1000, launched in 1981 and Scantext

Scantext

Scantext was a professional code-driven digital typesetting system popular in the 1980s, rendered obsolete by the popularity of the personal computer and desktop publishing software. It was developed and built by Scangraphic, a division of Dr...

2000, launched in 1986.