Automobil Revue / Revue Automobile is in Swiss hands again
Automobil Revue Archiv, a company based in Bern, will take over the long-standing Swiss publication *Automobil Revue / Revue Automobile* from Aboflor, a company controlled from Luxembourg, effective at the beginning of April.
According to a statement, this is an "extremely friendly takeover": Automobil Revue Archiv and Aboflor can look back on a successful collaboration in the production of the legendary annual reference work "Katalog der Automobil Revue".
Denise Spörri-Müller, owner and Vice President of the Board of Automobil Revue Archiv: "I am very happy that we have succeeded in bringing the most important and traditional Swiss automobile publication under our roof. This is a dream marriage. We will lead Automobil Revue with esprit and expertise into a golden future!"
"We have a lot planned for Automobil Revue," confirms Roy Schläfli, Delegate of the Board of Directors vib Automobil Revue Archiv: "In addition to concrete ideas concerning the further development of print products, we have a very strong digital strategy."
The entire staff of Automobil Revue and its French-speaking Swiss counterpart Revue Automobile will be taken over by the new owner. Operational management of Automobil Revue / Revue Automobile will be transferred to Theo Uhlir, who has already been working for the titles as publishing director since May 2018.
Patrick Knecht will be responsible for publishing and sales, while Michael Schenk (Automobil Revue) and his deputy Lorenzo Quolantoni (Revue Automobile) will be the editors-in-chief. The parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price.
