traded as euronext wkl industry publishing information services founded 1836 headquarters alphen aan den rijn netherlands key people nancy mckinstry ceo products health corporate services finance tax accounting law and regulatory software services workflow tools and publications revenue 3.7 billion 2014 1 number of employees 19 000 website www.wolterskluwer.com wolters kluwer n.v. euronext wkl is a global information services company . 2 3 the company is headquartered in alphen aan den rijn netherlands . 4 wolters kluwer in its current form was founded in 1987 with a merger between kluwer publishers and wolters samson . 5 6 the company serves legal business tax accounting finance audit risk compliance and healthcare markets . 2 it operates in over 150 countries . 2 nancy mckinstry serves as chief executive officer of the company . 7 contents 1 history 1.1 early history 1.2 1990s 1.3 2000s 2 operations 3 sustainability 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit early history edit jan berend wolters founded the schoolbook publishing house in groningen netherlands in 1836 . 5 in 1858 the noordhoff publishing house was founded alongside the schoolbook publishing house . 5 the two publishing houses merged in 1968 . wolters noordhoff merged with information and communications union icu in 1972 and took the name icu . icu changed its name to wolters samson in 1983 . the company began serving foreign law firms and multinational companies in china in 1985 . 8 in 1987 elsevier the largest publishing house in the netherlands announced its intentions to buy up kluwer s stock . 5 kluwer merged with wolters samson to fend off elsevier s take over bid and formed wolters kluwer . 9 the merger made wolters kluwer the second largest publishing house in the netherlands . 5 9 after the merger wolters kluwer began expanding internationally with the purchase of ipsoa editore kieser verlag technipublicaciones and tele consulte in 1989 . 6 by the end of the year wolters kluwer expanded its presence to spain west germany and france . 5 the company also launched lex its legal information system in poland . 10 in 1989 44 % of the company s revenue was earned in foreign markets . 5 1990s edit the following year wolters kluwer purchased j. b. lippincott & co. from harpercollins . 6 the company acquired liber a swedish publishing company in 1993 . the following year it established its first eastern european subsidiary iura edition in bratislava slovakia . the company acquired jugend & volk dalian fateco f rlag and juristf rlaget deutscher kommunal verlag dr. naujoks & behrendt and colex data in 1995 . wolters kluwer was operating in 16 countries and had approximately 8000 employees by the end of that year . 5 in 1996 wolters kluwer purchased cch inc. a tax and business materials publisher for 1.9 billion . the purchase assisted in expanding the company s business in asia because of cch inc. s involvement in australia new zealand japan singapore and hong kong . 5 it also purchased little brown and company s medical and legal division that year . 6 waverly inc. ovid technologies inc. and plenum publishing corporation were acquired in 1998 with the intention of developing wolters kluwer s medical and scientific publishing industry . 5 2000s edit the company established its first three year strategy to deliver sustained value to customers and shareholders in 2003 . 10 the new delhi wolters kluwer health office opened in 2006 . in september 2008 wolters kluwer acquired uptodate an evidence based electronic clinical information resource . 11 the following month the company received a multi year contract to provide prescription and patient level data to the united states food and drug administration . 12 in 2009 wolters kluwer was named the best place to work in spain by the great place to work institute . 13 wolters kluwer acquired frsglobal financial regulatory reporting and risk management firm in september 2010 . 14 the acquisition enabled wolters kluwer to provide financial organizations comprehensive compliance and risk solutions . the company acquired sasgas a financial reporting software solutions provider to the foreign and domestic bank market in china in october 2011 . 15 that december wolters kluwer acquired medknow an open access publisher . 16 in 2012 wolters kluwer acquired acclipse an accounting software provider and finarch an integrated finance and risk solutions . 2 the company s health division tested technology to identify and treat sepsis that december . 3 wolters kluwer acquired health language a medical terminology management provider in january 2013 . 2 in may 2013 it acquired prosoft tecnologia a brazilian provider of tax and accounting software . 17 the company acquired citizenhawk an american online brand protection and global domain recovery specialist in september 2013 . 18 that month wolters kluwer acquired svenson an austrian regulatory reporting solutions provider . 19 the acquisition enabled both companies to assist austrian banks and insurance companies in meeting national and international regulatory requirements . 19 the company became the fifth participant in the aaisalliance an arrangement of information providers that make their services available for member insurance companies of the american association of insurance services aais in april 2014 . 20 in may 2014 wolters kluwer launched uptodate a clinical decision support resource in the united kingdom . 21 uptodate was launched throughout western europe a month later . 22 wolters kluwer acquired datacert a houston texas based enterprise legal management software and services provider in april 2014 . 23 the company partnered with anhembi morumbi university a private university in s o paulo brazil to provide information and resources to healthcare students and professionals in june 2014 . 24 that month the company s cch esign solution won the cpa practice advisor magazine s 2014 tax & accounting technology innovation award . 25 the solution won the siia s best enterprise mobile application award that year . 26 the company partnered with broadridge tax services in august 2014 to facilitate tax reporting and reconciliation . 27 in september the company s uptodate resource was released in latin america . 28 that month the company extended its partnership with the american internal revenue service . 29 2014 marked the 15th year of their collaboration . 29 operations edit wolters kluwer operates under four divisions legal & regulatory solutions tax & accounting health and grc solutions . 2 the company is active in over 150 countries . approximately 77 % of the company s revenue came from online software and services in 2013 . 2 sustainability edit wolters kluwer is listed on the dow jones sustainability index . 30 the company received the bronze class sustainability award 2014 from robecosam . 31 wolters kluwer is recognized as one of the global 100 most sustainable corporations in the world by corporate knights . 32 see also edit companies portal european business law review references edit wolters kluwer annual report pdf . wolters kluwer . 2014 . retrieved may 12 2015 . a b c d e f g global publishing leaders 2013 wolters kluwer . july 19 2013 . retrieved april 16 2015 . a b the supercomputer will see you now . december 3 2012 . retrieved april 17 2015 . wolters kluwer corporate office relocated to alphen aan den . september 1 2009 . retrieved april 17 2015 . a b c d e f g h i j wolters kluwer history . retrieved april 16 2015 . a b c d wolters kluwer . retrieved april 16 2015 . managing globally and locally . december 12 2009 . retrieved april 17 2015 . wolters kluwer says explosive china legal growth fuels sales . august 30 2010 . retrieved april 16 2015 . a b kluwer and wolters samsom groep the two dutch publishing groups planning to merge have announced that their merger intentions pre dated the elsevier takeover bid . textline multiple source collection . june 18 1987 . a b wolters kluwer law and business advantages and disadvantages . february 5 2013 . retrieved april 16 2015 . wolters kluwer health to acquire uptodate . september 4 2008 . retrieved april 17 2015 . wolters kluwer gets fda contract . pharma marketletter . november 5 2008 . who are the best workplaces in the uk and europe pdf . retrieved april 17 2015 . wolters kluwer financial services acquires frsglobal . september 24 2010 . retrieved april 17 2015 . wolters kluwer financial services acquires sasgas . corporate it update . october 17 2011 . wolters kluwer health acquires medknow . december 7 2011 . retrieved april 17 2015 . m & a and ipos . may 20 2013 . retrieved april 17 2015 . wolters kluwer unit takes over citizenhawk . m & a navigator . september 10 2013 . a b wolters kluwer financial services closes buy of svenson . internet business news . september 2 2013 . wolters kluwer becomes fifth participant in the aaisalliance . insurance broadcasting . april 29 2014 . wolters kluwer health brings out uptodate anywhere in uk . health & beauty close up . may 30 2014 . wolters kluwer health launches uptodate anywhere in western europe . worldwide computer products news . may 27 2014 . deals of the day questcor pharma agrees to 5.6 billion deal . april 8 2014 . retrieved april 17 2015 . wolters kluwer health taps universidade anhembi morumbi to introduce drug information resources in brazil . professional services close up . july 19 2014 . wolters kluwer cch esign solution wins prestigious tax & accounting technology innovation award . india investment news . june 3 2014 . 2014 finalists . retrieved april 17 2015 . wolters kluwer and broadridge tackle tax compliance . august 13 2014 . retrieved april 17 2015 . wolters kluwer health introduces uptodate anywhere in latin america . september 2 2014 . retrieved april 17 2015 . a b wolters kluwer cch continues irs tech partnership . september 14 2014 . retrieved april 17 2015 . wolters kluwer s ongoing commitment to sustainablity recognized in dow jones sustainability world and europe indexes 2010 . september 9 2010 . retrieved april 17 2015 . robecosam s corporate sustainability assessment companies . retrieved april 17 2015 . 2015 global 100 . retrieved april 17 2015 . external links edit official website dutch website mary h. munroe 2004 . wolters kluwer timeline . the academic publishing industry a story of merger and acquisition via northern illinois university . v t e aex companies of the netherlands aegon ahold air france klm akzo nobel aperam arcelormittal asml boskalis corio dsm fugro heineken ing kpn philips postnl randstad relx royal dutch shell sbm offshore tnt express unibail rodamco unilever wolters kluwer retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wolters kluwer & oldid 743803258 categories academic publishing companiesbook publishing companies of the netherlandspublishing companies established in 1836legal publishersdutch brandsalphen aan den rijn navigation menu 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