Coop awards printing contract to five companies
Starting in 2008, Coop Presse—Switzerland’s largest printing contract in the newspaper production sector—will be handled by five printing plants. In the future, the Coopzeitung, Coopération, and Cooperazione will also be printed by Espace Media Groupe.
From 2008, Coop Presse, Switzerland's largest printing contract in the area of newspaper production, will be handled by five printing plants. In future, Coopzeitung, Coopération and Cooperazione will also be printed by Espace Media Groupe. Despite this partial circulation in Berne, the Basler Zeitung Medien printing plant will retain its position as the leading partner. The cooperation with CIE Centre d'impression Edipresse, Ringier Print and St. Galler Tagblatt will also continue, as Coop announced on Monday. The printing contracts have been concluded for a period of three years and cover an order volume in the double-digit million range. This means that Coop will continue to have its customer newspaper produced exclusively in Switzerland in the coming years. Coop Presse has a circulation of almost 2.5 million copies and is read by around 3.3 million people, according to the major distributor. This makes it the largest weekly newspaper in Switzerland and is published in German, French and Italian.
