Citation
(2005), "FIZ annual report", Interlending & Document Supply, Vol. 33 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/ilds.2005.12233aab.009
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2005, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
FIZ annual report
And more from FIZ in Karlsruhe in extracts from their annual report for 2003In 2003, FIZ Karlsruhe with its high-quality sci-tech content and enhanced information services has succeeded in maintaining its leading market position, in spite of the difficult economic situation. “The usage of databases offered via our online service STN International has further increased in 2003. With full-text supply services, we even reached the exceptionally high growth rate of 28%”, states Sabine Brünger-Weilandt, Managing Director & CEO.
STN International, FIZ Karlsruhe’s main business area, is still the world’s premier online information provider in the fields of chemistry and patent information. However, business suffered from the weak dollar. Besides, mergers and budged restrictions of customers from the chemical and pharmaceutical industry directly affected the core business. According to Sabine Brünger-Weilandt, this development was counterbalanced by a strict cost management, an enhanced service offer for industry and the scientific community, and new partnerships.
In 2003, the turnover registered at FIZ Karlsruhe for the usage of STN databases was 50.7 million Euro (2002: 51.8), including collection services for other STN partners. The revenues of FIZ Karlsruhe amounted to 19.5 (20.4) million Euro. By appropriate measures for cost reduction, expenses could be reduced to 25.9 (27.1) million Euro. The share of own revenues amounted to 74 per cent (75 per cent) of the total expenditure. The number of employees – 340 in 2003, among them 17 (15) trainees – remained almost the same as in the previous year (341).
FIZ Karlsruhe’s full-text supply services improved by almost one-third (28.5 per cent). More than 110,000 orders were processed through the full-text delivery broker system FIZ AutoDoc. Most orders were received via the stand-alone FIZ AutoDoc web service, but an increasing number of customers order full-text documents directly after their online searches via the integrated service “STN Full-Text Solution”.
The online version (PDF format) of the Annual Report 2003 (English and German) is available on the FIZ Karlsruhe web site: www.fiz-karlsruhe.de/about_fiz/annualreport2003.pdf
Source: press release – FIZ Karlsruhe 30 September 2004