hubergroup boosts its activity to
sustainably meet the highly competitive business in a market environment with
all its constantly growing challenges. As announced today, hubergroup will
further align sales structures and strategic segments by merging its two
largest entities in Europe.
hubergroup will merge the two
German companies Michael Huber München GmbH and Hostmann-Steinberg GmbH into
the new hubergroup Deutschland GmbH. In this merger, redundant structures will
be eliminated and processes will be noticeably optimised. In addition, the two
producing factories in Celle and Munich will be organised along specific
product lines, enabling hubergroup to focus on specific market segments for
quickest response time in order to maintain and improve customer satisfaction.
In addition to the activities in
Germany, hubergroup will also bolster its market presence in Switzerland so
they can adjust better to the regional requirements. Stehlin+Hostag AG and the
just acquired AMRA Farben AG in Rapperswil-Jona will merge to hubergroup
Schweiz and service the Swiss market entirely from Rapperswil-Jona.
hubergroup says this activity
will expand its position as a service-oriented, quality-ink manufacturer.
"The upcoming steps are means to ensure sustainable business in a highly
competitive market. Shortly after arranging re-financing under improved
conditions, our financially solid company now focuses on long-term
organisational layout so we will be ready for the future," explains Heiner
Klokkers, Member of the Board of MHM Holding GmbH. "As a reliable partner
to our customers, quality and service is of highest priority to us. We will
continue to set the standard as a supplier of printing inks, printing varnishes
and printing products that meet the highest demands," he says. "To
ensure all this, we will substantially improve the efficiency of our processes."
Although these measures will
create noticeable strengthening of the sites in Germany and improve sales
structures of hubergroup Schweiz, job cuts will be unavoidable. Due to its
close-down, the Swiss site in Lachen will have to bear the major burden, while
the German sites are only affected with minor cuts. To keep the impact socially
acceptable, the management of each site is in close contact with the workers'
council.
