Omnigraphics

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Omnigraphics
Parent company Infobase Publishing
Founded1985
Founder Frederick Gale Ruffner, Jr. and Peter Ruffner
Country of originUnited States
Headquarters location Detroit, Michigan
Nonfiction topicsReference
Official website omnigraphics.com

Omnigraphics is a publishing company located in Detroit, Michigan, founded by Frederick Gale Ruffner, Jr. and his son Peter in 1985. The company was acquired by Aggregate Intelligence in 2015. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] It was sold to Infobase Publishing in 2022. [7]

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