As early as 1979, Helmut Beck, also founder of the market-leading IT service provider dsb, founded the company PVS (Presse Versand Service). In the early years, PVS specialised in addressing and packaging print products such as magazines or advertising flyers. The peak for PVS at the time was the early 90s, when direct marketing was the tool of choice in any B2C business. In 1991, Ulrich Beck, the son of the founder, made the strategic decision to end the traditional press dispatch business and instead establish a new PVS, which has since stood for “Premium Versand Services”. Today, this business segment is implemented very successfully within the Beck Group alongside the dsb Group, which stands for “Business Process Outsourcing” in the eCommerce and publishing industries. PVS is now one of the market-leading owner-managed e-commerce fulfilment companies. With various subsidiaries in Germany as well as in Italy and the Benelux countries, PVS positions itself with its F4E network as the partner for retail and e-commerce in Europe.