Multimedia on the rise - polygraphy on the decline

Statistics Over the last 20 years, the graphic arts industry has lost 40 percent or 20,000 jobs according to BfS statistics, and a study commissioned by the employers' association Viscom from the Solothurn University of Applied Sciences on the labor market situation in 2010 expects this trend to continue at a slower pace. At the same time, the graphic arts industry expects the number of apprentices to increase by around 7 percent by 2010. According to Viscom, the companies surveyed see a large increase in the areas of multimedia and IT, and a smaller increase in the area of print finishing. In polygraphy, on the other hand, a decrease of 21 percent is expected. www.viscom.ch