The bookseller Otto Robert Maier began his publishing activities in 1883 in Ravensburg with the completion of his first author contract. The company founder, Otto Robert Maier wanted to offer “Just the best”.

Ravensburger is a registered word and picture trademark of the Ravensburger Group. The Blue Triangle is found on around 20 million products which are sold in more than 50 countries each year. All forms of entertainment are included from books to games and puzzles to handcraft products. The Blue Triangle is a guarantee of dependable quality. It is typical of Ravensburger that the contents and quality of material have been maintained for decades at a reasonable price.

As of 1912, many board and activity games had an export version that was distributed to Western Europe. An abundance of creativity kits, board games, Happy Family and concentration games complimented the publishing business and made clear that the direction of the company was geared towards Kindergartens and families.

The Ravensburger Spieleverlag GmbH (Games Company), with 850 games available is the German market leader for games as well as number one in Europe for puzzles. The strong growth of the company (from approx. 10 million German Marks and 280 employees in 1964 to a consolidated turnover of 590 million German Marks and approx. 2,000 employees in 1999) led to many organisational changes and expansion of working space.

In 1959, the game “Memory®” was introduced and has been sold worldwide over 50 million times in various versions. In 1964, puzzles were created and probably contributed the most to the expansion of the Ravensburger brand.

Through the puzzle, Ravensburger is the market leader in Europe today. Each year, approx. 10 million puzzles are produced. The puzzles are the basis for the distribution in the rest of Europe as they are not dependent on language versions. Today, Ravensburger products are exported to over 50 countries worldwide. The Top-list of international game titles along with Memory® are: "Labyrinth" (6 million copies sold), "Scotland Yard" (3.5 Mil) and "Labyrinth der Meister" (1 mil.).