Job cuts at BAZ subsidiary Birkhäuser+GBC
Birkhäuser+GBC, a printing company in Reinach that is part of Basler Zeitung Medien, is feeling the effects of the economic crisis. Nine of its 420 jobs have been cut.
The printing company Birkhäuser+GBC in Reinach, which belongs to Basler Zeitung Medien, is feeling the effects of the economic crisis. Nine of a total of 420 jobs have been cut. Redundancies were announced in five cases. Four jobs have also been eliminated through normal redundancies. As Basler Zeitung Medien writes in a press release, the increasingly difficult order situation and the associated pressure on margins make job cuts unavoidable in order to secure the company's economic future.
According to Managing Director Daniel Merkel, orders fell by an average of almost 10 percent. Turnover for the 2008/2009 financial year is estimated at around CHF 110 million, with the financial year ending in June.
Merkel went on to say that solutions were being sought to make the redundancies as bearable as possible for those affected by the layoffs. However, the situation is not easy at the moment. Birkhäuser+GBC is active in specialty areas such as label and continuous feed printing, commercial printing and electronic printing (media asset management).
According to Managing Director Daniel Merkel, orders fell by an average of almost 10 percent. Turnover for the 2008/2009 financial year is estimated at around CHF 110 million, with the financial year ending in June.
Merkel went on to say that solutions were being sought to make the redundancies as bearable as possible for those affected by the layoffs. However, the situation is not easy at the moment. Birkhäuser+GBC is active in specialty areas such as label and continuous feed printing, commercial printing and electronic printing (media asset management).
