Swiss Printers invests in web offset
After Swiss Printers announced in July that it would cut 74 jobs and outsource 65 positions, there is now some better news: The joint venture between the Ringier, NZZ, and Edipresse groups is investing a total of 30 million Swiss francs in new web offset presses.
After Swiss Printers announced a reduction of 74 jobs and the outsourcing of 65 jobs in July, there is now better news: the joint venture of the Ringier, NZZ and Edipresse groups is investing a total of CHF 30 million in new web offset systems at its printing sites in Renens, St. Gallen and Zofingen. To this end, several existing systems and ancillary operations at the three web offset sites will be modernized in 2008 and 2009. The total investment amounts to around 30 million Swiss francs. A 32-page system in St. Gallen and a 16-page system in Zofingen will both be replaced with modern machines of the same size, while a 16-page system in Renens will be modernized and brought up to date. With this forward-looking decision, Swiss Printers wants to show its commitment to Switzerland as a production location, according to a press release.
