Birkhäuser discontinues commercial web offset printing
The Birkhäuser+GBC printing plant in Reinach, Baselland, is discontinuing web offset printing. Fifty-eight jobs will be cut. Birkhäuser sees no potential in traditional offset printing.
The Birkhäuser+GBC print shop in Reinach, Baselland, is discontinuing web offset printing. The company has recently invested heavily in specialist areas and shifted its core business to various other areas such as asset and content management, sheetfed offset, labels and digital printing. Birkhäuser sees no potential for traditional offset printing. 58 jobs will be cut.
The commercial web offset division had already been regularly cross-subsidized with considerable funds for some time, as this printing division had become increasingly unprofitable due to the market situation, the printing company wrote in a press release on Wednesday. The pressure from the market had now become so great that the company had to decide to close the division.
The closure of the division will make job cuts at the Basel and Reinach sites unavoidable. A total of 58 people will be affected. The company is very keen to remain an attractive employer in the region in the future, Birkhäuser continues.
The commercial web offset division had already been regularly cross-subsidized with considerable funds for some time, as this printing division had become increasingly unprofitable due to the market situation, the printing company wrote in a press release on Wednesday. The pressure from the market had now become so great that the company had to decide to close the division.
The closure of the division will make job cuts at the Basel and Reinach sites unavoidable. A total of 58 people will be affected. The company is very keen to remain an attractive employer in the region in the future, Birkhäuser continues.
