Ringier sells Previon division
Ringier and A&F Computersysteme are selling the web technology division of Lucerne-based Previon. The product development and engineering division will be discontinued.
Roger Wernli, co-founder and long-time managing director of Previon, will take over important projects of Previon's web technology division as of July 1, 2013, as part of a management buy-out and bundle them in the new Previon Plus. Ringier wrote in a statement Thursday. "I will focus with my team on consulting and realization of information management solutions for media, communication and PR," Wernli explained. Michael Voss, COO of Ringier and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Previon, is pleased that a promising solution has been found for the web technology area: "With Roger Wernli, an experienced and valued colleague is taking over important projects from Previon. I personally wish him every success in restarting his company."
The product and engineering area is no longer a strategic business area for main shareholder Ringier and will therefore be discontinued, the statement continues. Existing obligations from contracts will still be fulfilled. Despite internal reassignments of employees, layoffs will be unavoidable. Previon employs a total of 22 people.
Previon, based in Lucerne, is a provider of content technology solutions and services operating in the media and communications environment. The company was founded in 1995 as a training center and, thanks to years of developing industry know-how, has become a competence center for the technological requirements of media and communications companies.
Previon is now 85 percent owned by Ringier and 15 percent by A&F Computersysteme in Sursee LU.
