Arvato is an international service provider. In its current form, the company originated in the year 1999.<ref>{{cite news|language=de|title=Bertelsmann Industrie heißt künftig Arvato|newspaper=Süddeutsche Zeitung|date=9 June 1999|page=28}}</ref> At that time, the print and industry sectors at Bertelsmann were restructured, whereby services received a higher priority than the print and machinery sector back then.<ref>{{cite news|language=de|title=Bertelsmann Drucksparte setzt verstärkt auf Dienstleistungen|newspaper=Die Welt|date=9 June 1999|page=24}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|language=de|title=Arvato auf Wachstumskurs|newspaper=Handelsblatt|date=9 June 1999|page=19}}</ref> Since the 1950s, Bertelsmann has been an active service provider,<ref>{{cite news|language=de|first=Michael|last=Delker|title=Der größte Arbeitgeber in Ostwestfalen-Lippe|newspaper=Westfalen-Blatt|date=1 July 2010}}</ref> delivering books for other publishing companies, for example.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.arvato.com/en/about/history.html|title=About Arvato: History|publisher=Arvato|access-date=1 October 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151215060322/http://www.arvato.com/en/about/history.html|archive-date=15 December 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref> To this day, ''Vereinigte Verlagsauslieferung'' (VVA) has belonged to Arvato.<ref>{{cite news|language=de|title=Arvatos neuer Buch-Rekord|newspaper=Westfalen-Blatt|date=22 December 2011}}</ref> What'sArvato more, today Arvatoalso offers services, for example, in the areas of [[Customer Relationship Management]] (CRM), [[Supply Chain Management]] (SCM) and finance, as well as [[information technology]].<ref>{{cite news|language=de|title=Zuwachs in verschiedenen Sparten|newspaper=Neue Westfälische|date=23 March 2016|page=13}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Arvato expandiert nach Bielefeld|language=de|newspaper=Neue Westfälische|date=14 November 2013}}</ref> The main headquarters of Arvato is Gütersloh, and additional locations exist in 22 countries, including China and the United States.<ref>{{cite news|language=de|first=Stefan|last=Schelp|title=Neuer Chef verordnet Arvato mehr Wachstum|newspaper=Neue Westfälische|date=24 October 2015|page=10}}</ref> In 2022, sales of Arvato reached a volume of €5.6 billion.<ref name="Annual Report 2022" />
