The new manufacturing facilities are to take over the global supply of Screeny screen printing plates. Approximately AUD 11.5m has been invested in the new plant and process engineering for electrolytic coating. Establishment of the factory in Herisau has also resulted in the creation of 20 new specialist jobs.
The Gallus Group has ensured all the technical conditions are in place for the new production site to remain a hub for product innovation. As a result, it is safeguarding long-term supplies for the screen printing plate business, in addition to the manufacture of label presses.
In his opening speech, Peter J. Hauser, chairman of the Board of Directors at Gallus Holding AG, stressed that the new production facilities in Herisau reflect the Group’s commitment to eastern Switzerland as a business location.
He added that the production site provides Gallus with trained personnel, an ideal infrastructure, and important synergies with Huber + Suhner, the company that owns the land where the production facilities have been built.
The Gallus Group is an international market leader in the development, production and marketing of narrow-web rotary presses. Besides its portfolio of presses, the Group also offers consumables and a global, decentralised service and spare parts network.
The Gallus Group and Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, the global market leader in solutions for the print and media industry, have been working in partnership since 1999.
Headquartered in St Gallen near Zurich in Switzerland, the Gallus Group has a workforce of approximately 650, with 320 employees working in Switzerland.
