By: Jim Rosenberg Printing Systems Division Not Facing Cuts
When ABB announced Tuesday an 8% cut of its work force worldwide, its CEO, Joergan Centerman, said the loss of 12,000 jobs would cross all divisions.
The next day, however, Jeff Gelfand, U.S. national sales and marketing director for the Printing Systems Division at ABB Automation Inc., said, "The layoff does not affect ABB Printing Systems ... in New Berlin [Wis.] and Switzerland, and consequently does not affect cooperation between ProImage and ABB."
ProImage America President John Iolacci said he was told the same thing when he inquired.
The ABB division will supply controls and drives for new presses in Syracuse, N.Y., and Milwaukee; repower presses in Tacoma, Wash., and San Diego; and put new controls on presses for New York's Daily News.
Jim Rosenberg (tech@editorandpublisher.com) is a senior editor covering newspaper technology for E&P.
Copyright 2001, Editor & Publisher.
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