Muller Martini cuts 150 jobs
The Swiss company Muller Martini, a manufacturer of systems for print processing, is cutting around 150 jobs. The Zofingen, Stans and Hasle sites are affected.
The Swiss company Muller Martini, a manufacturer of systems for print processing, is cutting around 150 jobs. The Zofingen, Stans and Hasle sites are affected.
It is not yet clear how many redundancies will have to be announced, a company spokeswoman told SDA on request. Negotiations must first be held with the social partners. However, it is certain that the redundancies cannot be made exclusively through natural fluctuation. Some of the 2,000 employees in Switzerland will be made redundant.
The ongoing newspaper crisis was cited as the reason for the job cuts. In a press release published on Wednesday, Muller Martini is also rather pessimistic about the future: it looks as if "a sustained recovery of business activity to the previous level cannot be expected in the next two to three years".
With the current downsizing, Muller Martini, which employs 4,000 people worldwide, is creating the conditions to be able to "continue to offer the world market products that are in line with the market in terms of technology and price" in the changed environment. Muller Martini had already begun restructuring in February: 60 jobs were cut at the Felben TG site and 30 people were made redundant.
The trade unions Syna and Unia sharply criticize past and planned redundancies in press releases issued on Wednesday. They had "expected more perseverance from the large and traditional family business", writes Syna. Muller Martini is solving economic problems with redundancies instead of relying on extended short-time working, write the Unia trade unionists. The company has learned nothing from the last economic downturn and is now responsible for the largest wave of crisis-related redundancies in Switzerland to date.
Unia also mentions the number of employees who are to be affected at the individual plants: The company spokeswoman confirmed these figures to the SDA news agency, but emphasized that no redundancies had been announced at present.
It is not yet clear how many redundancies will have to be announced, a company spokeswoman told SDA on request. Negotiations must first be held with the social partners. However, it is certain that the redundancies cannot be made exclusively through natural fluctuation. Some of the 2,000 employees in Switzerland will be made redundant.
The ongoing newspaper crisis was cited as the reason for the job cuts. In a press release published on Wednesday, Muller Martini is also rather pessimistic about the future: it looks as if "a sustained recovery of business activity to the previous level cannot be expected in the next two to three years".
With the current downsizing, Muller Martini, which employs 4,000 people worldwide, is creating the conditions to be able to "continue to offer the world market products that are in line with the market in terms of technology and price" in the changed environment. Muller Martini had already begun restructuring in February: 60 jobs were cut at the Felben TG site and 30 people were made redundant.
The trade unions Syna and Unia sharply criticize past and planned redundancies in press releases issued on Wednesday. They had "expected more perseverance from the large and traditional family business", writes Syna. Muller Martini is solving economic problems with redundancies instead of relying on extended short-time working, write the Unia trade unionists. The company has learned nothing from the last economic downturn and is now responsible for the largest wave of crisis-related redundancies in Switzerland to date.
Unia also mentions the number of employees who are to be affected at the individual plants: The company spokeswoman confirmed these figures to the SDA news agency, but emphasized that no redundancies had been announced at present.
