on august 15, 1990 – after the collapse of the gdr, and the reunification of germany, the firm — under treuhandanstalt, a government agency established to administer the selling of assets, including entire companies, that had been owned by the ddr — registered as maxim-gorki-druck gmbh. among other things, the firm upgraded from lead typesetting to photographic reproduction and offset printing. maxim-gorki-druck gmbh dissolved on december 17, 1992.