Coop distributes printing order over five shoulders

Newspaper printing From 2008, Coop will redistribute the largest printing contract in Switzerland. The companies Basler Zeitung Medien (previously), CIE Centre d'impression Edipresse SA (previously), Ringier Print (previously), St. Galler Tagblatt AG (previously) and Espace Media Groupe, Bern (newly), will then be responsible for printing the customer newspapers Coopzeitung, Coopération and Cooperazione. The printing contracts have been concluded for a period of three years. By outsourcing part of the print run to Berne, production will be even more regional in future, the company announced. Transport and environmental considerations were also decisive factors. The Coop Presse titles have a circulation of almost 2.5 million copies and are regularly read by around 3.3 million people. According to the press release, this makes Coop Presse the largest weekly newspaper in Switzerland.