and consumer packaging manufacturing genre printing founded altona manitoba canada founder david w. friesen headquarters altona manitoba canada area served north america key people curwin friesen president and chief executive officer david g. friesen chairman of the board products books yearbooks consumer packaging revenue cad 70 000 000 2015 10 % from 2014 number of employees 600 divisions friesens book division friesen yearbooks friesens packaging friesenpress think4d website http www.friesens.com friesens corporation is canada s largest printer of hardcover books . 1 they are employee owned specializing in hardcover books and yearbooks and located in altona manitoba canada . contents 1 history 2 current operations 3 awards 4 external links 5 references history edit friesens was founded by david w. friesen in 1907 as a confectionery store which expanded to become a bookstore . in 1933 he purchased a printing press and began publication of the red river valley echo . the company underwent rapid expansion in the 1960s and 70s becoming a regional printer of high school yearbooks . 2 current operations edit friesens is canada s largest printer of hardcover books . 1 furthermore they have been rated as one of canada s best 50 managed companies by deloitte and touche on several occasions . 3 as of 2006 friesens is number 81 of the top 400 printing companies in the united states and canada . 4 in 2000 friesens printed the canadian run of harry potter and the goblet of fire producing 400 000 copies of the book . 5 awards edit in 2004 the national association for printing leadership awarded friesens its highest management award . 6 in 2004 caldwell partners and the globe and mail named president curwin friesen as one of canada s top 40 under 40 . 7 external links edit friesens corporation references edit a b the economy . retrieved 2008 08 19 . our past . archived from the original on may 9 2008 . retrieved 2008 08 19 . 2007 requalified members . retrieved 2008 08 19 . the printing impressions 400 pdf . retrieved 2008 08 19 . dead link potter book flies off shelves . cbc news . 2000 07 12 . retrieved 2008 08 19 . management plus awards winners 2004 . archived from the original on 2008 02 26 . retrieved 2008 08 19 . 2004 recipients . archived from the original on 2008 04 03 . retrieved 2008 08 11 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title friesens & oldid 738895382 categories book publishing companies of canadahidden categories all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from september 2013 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 11 september 2016 at 17 37 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view