Newspaper printing Schaffhauser Nachrichten and Tamedia are only working together more closely in sheet-fed printing.
subsidiary of Tamedia, Huber & Co. in Frauenfeld (Thurgau
Zeitung), will take over 80 percent of the share capital from the beginning of the year
the printing company MeierWaser AG in Feuerthalen. This was previously owned by
50 percent to Tamedia and Meier & Cie AG in Schaffhausen, their
She is the publisher of Schaffhauser Nachrichten (SHN). With this
A new public limited company is created, which is called Huber Print AG, in which
Meier & Cie AG holds the remaining 20 percent. "This
has no consequences for Schaffhauser Nachrichten," emphasizes
Norbert Neininger, SHN Editor-in-Chief and CEO of Meier & Cie AG.

As is well known, the SHNs are being expanded in the course of the ongoing
consolidation process among publishers in the extended metropolitan area
Zurich and neighboring eastern Switzerland are strongly influenced by Tamedia and NZZ
courted. This could lead to the entry of
Tamedia at the Munotstadt newspaper. But Neininger
denies and repeats earlier statements according to which the
SHN shareholders, of which he himself is one, do not believe in a sale.
of the title. The SHN are owned by a foundation and
of a small circle of just five shareholders.
According to Neininger, the cooperation in sheetfed offset printing also has no
influence on the negotiations on a new advertising association of the
SHN, which would soon be resumed. He still hopes for
a solution in the recently still existing advertisement combination 1 with Landbote
and Thurgauer Zeitung or in association with the Zürcher Landzeitungen.
With the founding of the new company Huber Print AG, the companies are reacting
to the overcapacity in the Swiss sheetfed printing market. The location
Feuerthalen will be discontinued and the technical operations in Frauenfeld will become
a new printing plant, the management of which is
Urs Lüdi, Chairman of the Management Board of Huber & Co. In the
In the center of Schaffhausen, a print agency for
Market development, customer support and prepress with
The cooperation is expected to continue with twelve employees. The cooperation
costs the bottom line of 46 employees the job with which
socially acceptable solutions are to be negotiated.
Irrespective of this, from next year the Thurgauer Zeitung will be published in the
Tamedia newspaper presses are printed in four colors throughout, which
The expensive renovation of the current printing facilities in Frauenfeld is no longer necessary.

René Worni

Schaffhauser Nachrichten and Tamedia are cooperating more closely - only - in sheetfed printing.
subsidiary of Tamedia, Huber & Co in Frauenfeld (Thurgau
Zeitung), will acquire 80 % of the share capital of the
MeierWaser printing works in Feuerthalen. This previously belonged to 50 %
of Tamedia and Meier & Cie in Schaffhausen, the latter's
Publisher of the Schaffhauser Nachrichten (SHN). This creates a
new AG, which trades as Huber Print AG, in which Meier & Cie holds a stake.
is involved in the remaining 20 %.

"This has no consequences for Schaffhauser Nachrichten",
emphasizes Norbert Neininger, SHN Editor-in-Chief and CEO of Meier & Cie.
As is well known, the SHNs are being expanded in the course of the ongoing
consolidation process among publishers in the extended metropolitan area
Zurich and neighboring eastern Switzerland are strongly influenced by Tamedia and NZZ
courted. This could lead to the entry of
Tamedia at the Munotstadt newspaper. But Neininger
denies and repeats earlier statements according to which the
SHN shareholders, of which he himself is one, do not believe in a sale.
of the title.

According to Neininger, the cooperation in sheetfed offset printing also has no
influence on the negotiations on a new advertising association of the
SHN, which would soon be resumed. He still hopes for
a solution in the recently still existing advertisement combination 1 with Landbote
and Thurgauer Zeitung.

With the founding of the new company Huber Print AG, the companies are reacting
to the overcapacity in the Swiss sheetfed printing market. The location
Feuerthalen is abandoned and the technical operations in Frauenfeld
concentrated. On balance, the cooperation costs 46 employees
the body with which socially acceptable solutions are negotiated
should.

Irrespective of this, from next year the Thurgauer Zeitung will be published in the
Tamedia newspaper presses are printed in four colors throughout, which
The expensive renovation of the current printing facilities in Frauenfeld is no longer necessary.

René Worni