magix . for the fictional location see winx club . not to be confused with the plural of magic or magik magix gmbh & co. kgaa type gmbh & co. kgaa isin de0007220782 industry investment holding founded 1993 headquarters berlin germany website magix.ag magix gmbh & co. kgaa brand name written magix is a holding company that controls numerous subsidiaries and investments domestically and abroad . the subsidiaries have different business models and are active in the fields of software online services entertainment and digital content as well as real estate . the subsidiaries currently employ approximately 350 people . the magix company was founded in 1993 in munich by j rgen jaron dieter rein and erhard rein . in 1998 two software developers from dresden tilman herberger and titus tost joined the company . the headquarters was moved to berlin in the same year . in 2001 the company changed its business type from a gmbh gesellschaft mit beschr nkter haftung english company with limited liability to magix ag aktiengesellschaft english stock corporation . 1 magix ag went public on april 6 2006 . 2 its stocks were listed on the official market and the prime standard of the frankfurt stock exchange . after switching to the entry standard in 2012 3 magix ag filed an application in may 2014 to have the license to trade its shares on the unofficial market revoked and its stocks delisted on november 30 2014 . 4 contents 1 subsidiaries of magix gmbh & co. kgaa 1.1 magix software gmbh 1.2 magix online services gmbh 1.3 xara group ltd. 1.4 mufin gmbh 1.5 catooh corp. appic labs corp. 1.6 magix audio gmbh 1.7 open seminar gmbh 1.8 simplitec gmbh 1.9 bellevue property gmbh 1.10 overview of subsidiaries 2 external links 3 see also 4 sources and references subsidiaries of magix gmbh & co. kgaa edit magix software gmbh edit main article magix software gmbh magix software gmbh an international software publisher with a focus on multimedia software and services is the largest subsidiary of magix gmbh & co. kgaa . the company is headquartered in berlin germany with additional locations in dresden and l bbecke in germany bologna in italy boulogne in france huizen in the netherlands hemel hempstead in the united kingdom markham in canada and reno in the united states . 5 magix online services gmbh edit the subsidiary magix online services gmbh 1 has been offering online services such as magix online album and magix website maker since 2004 . magix web designer a program for creating websites was introduced in 2009 . 6 products web web designer website maker online album xara group ltd. edit magix acquired the english company xara group ltd headquartered in hemel hempstead in 2007 . xara produces graphics software and web design programs . the company is first and foremost known for xara designer pro which is available in its 10th version as of september 2014 . the company was founded in 1981 and began developing for various systems such as the atari st bbc micro and acorn archimedes and also developed artworks the predecessor to xara xtreme . in 1996 xara began developing for windows leading to the development of xara 3d xara x and xara xtreme the predecessors to the magix products xara 3d maker xara photo & graphic designer and xara designer pro . xara web designer a program for creating websites was first released in 2009 . in 2013 xara page & layout designer a dtp program was added to the product range . 7 mufin gmbh edit mufin pronounced muffin stands for music finder . magix acquired full ownership of mufin gmbh 2 in 2007 . 8 in 2005 magix acquired 66 % of m2any gmbh in garching . the company changed its name to mufin gmbh and moved its headquarters to berlin following full acquisition by magix . m2any gmbh is the result of a research project run by the fraunhofer institute for integrated circuits the inventor of the mp3 format . mufin technology is based on audioid an acoustic fingerprint which enables the quick recognition of music and audio signals . audioid is an element of the mpeg 7 standard . in addition to music recognition mufin is also active in the area of automatic content recognition which can be built into second screen applications as a service . 9 catooh corp. appic labs corp. edit magix founded the limited company catooh corp. in las vegas nevada in 2007 . the company was registered in the commercial register on april 5 2007 . catooh corp. served to handle all transactions from magix s online digital media marketplace catooh . in 2013 the company was renamed appic labs corp. all transactions through the online service catooh are now handled by magix computer products international corp. whereas appic labs is responsible for the development and marketing of mobile camera and photo applications . 10 magix audio gmbh edit magix audio gmbh was founded in 2011 . the company develops applications for mobile devices e.g. music maker jam for windows 8 and android . open seminar gmbh edit open seminar gmbh was founded in 2011 . the company operates the online portal provenexpert.com a platform for word of mouth marketing and customer satisfaction analysis . 11 simplitec gmbh edit simplitec gmbh is an international provider of utility software . the current simplitec product range includes simplifast simpliclean and simplisafe all of which are contained in a yearly subscription to the simplitec power suite . 12 bellevue property gmbh edit bellevue property gmbh is a real estate development company with assets located in dresden and berlin . 13 overview of subsidiaries edit the following entities are full subsidiaries of the magix group as of september 30 2013 appic labs corp. las vegas nevada united states appic labs gmbh berlin germany bellevue property gmbh zossen germany magix audio gmbh berlin germany magix computer products international corp. reno nevada usa magix entertainment s.a.r.l. paris france magix ag canada magix entertainment s.r.l. bolzano italy magix entertainment b.v. huizen netherlands magix limited hemel hempstead hertfordshire united kingdom magix limited taipei taiwan magix online services gmbh berlin germany magix software gmbh berlin germany mygoya gmbh zossen germany mufin gmbh berlin germany openseminar gmbh berlin germany simplitec gmbh berlin germany the xara group ltd. basingstoke hampshire united kingdom external links edit magix xara mufin gmbh magix online services gmbh catooh corporation online media marketplace multimedia knowledge community magix.info provenexpert.com is a service of expert systems gmbh appic labs music maker.com simplitec gmbh see also edit list of music software automatic content recognition sources and references edit unternehmensgeschichte von magix musiksoftware.net accessed on january 15 2015 in german . meldung im handelsblatt zum ipo handelsblatt.com april 6 2006 accessed on january 15 2015 in german . aktienr ckkauf und wechsel vom prime standard in den entry standard beschlossen dgap.de july 20 2012 accessed on january 15 2015 in german . magix ag stellt antrag auf widerruf der zulassung zum freiverkehr dgap.de may 20 2015 accessed on january 15 2015 in german . locations magix software gmbh website accessed on february 6 2015 . magix webseiten mit xtreme web designer 5 chip.de february 23 2009 accessed on january 15 2015 in german . xara group history xara.com accessed on january 15 2015 . meldung zur vollst ndigen bernahme von m2any wnuck corinna finance magazin.de july 27 2007 accessed on january 15 2015 in german . use case overview mufin.com accessed on january 15 2015 . appic labs . unternehmensdarstellung auf provenexpert.com accessed on january 19 2015 in german . software simplitec.com accessed on february 6 2015 . aktuelle projekte bellevue property.de accessed on january 19 2015 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title magix & oldid 742423786 categories companies based in berlinsoftware companies of germanyservice companies of 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