Schulverlag Plus gets new director
Schulverlag Plus, the educational publishing house of the cantons of Bern and Aargau, will have new leadership starting next year: Longtime director Peter Uhr is stepping down, and Florence Lavanchy will take his place.
Lavanchy is currently Head of Marketing at Schulverlag. According to a press release issued by the publishing house on Friday, she has a broad background of experience ranging from marketing and communication to sales and sales management functions. Schulverlag has around 35 employees at its two sites in Bern and Buchs AG and generates annual sales of around 20 million Swiss francs. According to the current director, Peter Uhr, it operates at break-even. Depending on business performance, the two shareholders receive a modest dividend. Schulverlag plus emerged from the merger of the two educational publishers of the cantons of Bern and Aargau in 2009. Prior to the merger, Uhr already managed the Berner Schulverlag. From 2015, he will continue to perform individual tasks at Schulverlag plus with a reduced workload.
Meanwhile, Schulverlag plus has abandoned its plans announced in 2010 to expand into the German market. The weakness of the euro has put paid to these plans, Uhr said on request. As a result, Schulverlag plus is currently only active on a small scale in Germany. (SDA)
