FUNKINFORM - partner for publishers

No future without a past - a company steeped in tradition

FUNKINFORM is a provider of modular publishing production systems for pre-press, online and publishing management. FUNKINFORM has enjoyed continuous success on the market since 1948. Many publishers have remained loyal to FUNKINFORM for decades.



1948 Founding of the typesetting machine service company Grafische Maschinen Josef Funk KG
1975 Renamed as FUNKINFORM GmbH
1985 Development of the company’s own editing and advertising system +PRO-FIT+
Founding of the FUNKINFORM Informations-, Satz- und Datentechnik GmbH branch in Oberperfuss, Tyrol (Austria)
1995 Development of the company’s own DIALOG publishing system for editing, advertising and planning
1999 Funkinform moves to new company headquarters in Ettlingen, Germany
2000 The XML-based DIALOG Version 3.0 is introduced
2001 Media-neutral data management in XML is introduced to DIALOG
DIALOG Version 3.1 and DIALOG Version 3.2 are released
2002 DIALOG Version 3.3 is released
2003 30 years’ collaboration with the Niederösterreichisches Pressehaus Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft mbH
In February, DIALOG Version 3.4 is released
2004 In July, DIALOG Version 3.5 is released
2005 25 years’ collaboration with the Dr. Ippen publishing group
2006 6000 DIALOG workstations at 60 publisher customers in six countries
In October, DIALOG Version 3.6 is introduced
2008 FUNKINFORM presents the latest generation of its publishing system – DIALOG 4.0
2009 FUNKINFORM announces the first fully integrated content management system – DIALOG CMS – for the IFRA Expo in Vienna, Austria (October)