BZ: 13 redundancies due to relocation of newspaper printing to Aarau
The Basellandschaftliche Zeitung will in future be printed in Aarau by the AZ Medien Group. The Liestal-based company Lüdin will cease newspaper printing at the end of May. 17.5 full-time positions will be cut. Of the 21 people affected, 13 will be made redundant.
The Basellandschaftliche Zeitung will in future be printed in Aarau by the AZ Medien Group. The Liestal-based company Lüdin will cease newspaper printing at the end of May. 17.5 full-time positions will be cut. Of the 21 people affected, 13 will be made redundant.
The newspaper printing plant and in particular the distribution plant have reached the end of their life cycle, the company announced on Friday, according to SDA. Replacement investments at the Liestal site are not planned. This replacement was originally planned for 2010. Bringing it forward will ensure production reliability.
For 8 of the 21 people affected, other jobs had been found internally in the cantonal capital of Basel. For 13, however, "dismissal is unfortunately unavoidable". A social plan has been drawn up. Lüdin will help in the search for a new job. The Basellandschaftliche Zeitung (BZ) has been owned by AZ Medien AG since the end of 2007. According to the press release, Lüdin's other departments will not be affected by the transfer of newspaper printing to Mittelland Zeitungsdruck. The newspaper will also benefit from this move in that there will be "unlimited color options" in the future and the volumes will be more flexible.
After 175 years of independence, the Lüdin family had sold the Basellandschaftliche Zeitung (BZ) to the AZ Group at the end of December 2007 in order to secure the future of the daily newspaper. The Basler Zeitung, which was also interested, was turned down. At the time, the BZ had a circulation of 22,579 copies. The Mittelland Zeitung association of the AZ Group had a total circulation of 207,531 copies at the time. The BZ editorial team remained in Liestal.
The newspaper printing plant and in particular the distribution plant have reached the end of their life cycle, the company announced on Friday, according to SDA. Replacement investments at the Liestal site are not planned. This replacement was originally planned for 2010. Bringing it forward will ensure production reliability.
For 8 of the 21 people affected, other jobs had been found internally in the cantonal capital of Basel. For 13, however, "dismissal is unfortunately unavoidable". A social plan has been drawn up. Lüdin will help in the search for a new job. The Basellandschaftliche Zeitung (BZ) has been owned by AZ Medien AG since the end of 2007. According to the press release, Lüdin's other departments will not be affected by the transfer of newspaper printing to Mittelland Zeitungsdruck. The newspaper will also benefit from this move in that there will be "unlimited color options" in the future and the volumes will be more flexible.
After 175 years of independence, the Lüdin family had sold the Basellandschaftliche Zeitung (BZ) to the AZ Group at the end of December 2007 in order to secure the future of the daily newspaper. The Basler Zeitung, which was also interested, was turned down. At the time, the BZ had a circulation of 22,579 copies. The Mittelland Zeitung association of the AZ Group had a total circulation of 207,531 copies at the time. The BZ editorial team remained in Liestal.
