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Post by Kev on May 21, 2004 3:40:22 GMT -5
 AN INTERNATIONAL media giant will next week announce it is to build a huge printing plant in Liverpool which could create up to 1,000 jobs. Media conglomerate Bertelsmann will officially confirm its intention to build four printing presses on a 75-acre site in Speke, Liverpool, next Wednesday. The printing presses will produce catalogues for Littlewoods, Argos and Next, as well as Sunday newspaper magazines.
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Post by Kev on Jun 8, 2004 7:57:25 GMT -5
German media giant Bertelsmann is in the final stages of contract talks to build a new printing press in Liverpool.
More than 1,000 jobs are likely to be created at the site earmarked for development in Speke.
Arvato - a subsidiary of Bertelsmann - plans to develop a 500,000 sq ft complex next to John Lennon Airport.
A spokesman said the deal was close to being finalised and was likely to be completed next month.
The printing facility is likely to concentrate on producing glossy magazines and catalogues.
Arvato - which provides print, IT and support services, already has a call centre in Liverpool's Cunard Building, where it employs about 800 people.
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Post by Kev on Jun 30, 2004 4:59:03 GMT -5
INTERNATIONAL media giant Bertelsmann, owners of Arvato services will tomorrow officially confirm its plans for a huge multi-million pound printing plant in South Liverpool. Officials from Germany will be arriving in Speke to formally announce that Arvato will start work soon on the printing plant on the Estuary business park. Initially the site will employ 400 people directly and 130 indirectly, but there will be scope to double the capacity to eventually create up to 1,000 jobs. Alan Turley, executive director of Enterprise and Innovation at the Northwest Development Agency, will also be at the announcement ceremony. The site was chosen against tough competition from other areas.  |
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Post by Kev on Jul 2, 2004 4:12:59 GMT -5
THE TRADE and Industry Secretary last night praised Merseyside's rebirth after a media giant confirmed plans to build a printing plant which could create up to 1,000 jobs.
Patricia Hewitt said the decision by German media conglomerate Bertelsmann to build a £150m complex in Speke, Liverpool, was a "tribute to the renewal and investment in Merseyside in recent years".
The plant, which will print glossy magazines and catalogues, will be the first business to locate in the newly-renamed Liverpool International Business Park alongside the river Mersey.
Four printing presses will initially employ 400 people and be in full operation by Capital of Culture year 2008.
But managers at the company have already earmarked room to expand, if the business is successful, and say they have the capacity to build a further eight presses and create 1,000 jobs.
The complex will be built and operated by Bertelsmann's printing arm, Arvato, and will have the capacity to print 150,000 tonnes a year.
Announcing the plans, which were exclusively revealed by the Daily Post in April, Arvato chief executive officer Harmut Ostrowski said: "Liverpool will be an important piece in the jigsaw for Arvato's European printing capabilities, creating what we believe will be the most technically-advanced and comprehensive printing service for customers from all over the world."
The deal was signed after the Department for Trade and Industry approved a £7m grant which will be mainly spent on training workers.
Ms Hewitt said: "This is great news for Merseyside and shows that we are committed to bringing and keeping high-value manufacturing jobs in the North West.
"These new jobs will create opportunities, not just for those employed at the plant but for the rest of the area too."
Arvato board member Stephan Krauss said south Liverpool's infrastructure and high-skilled workforce were crucial in the company's decision.
He said: "A strong transportation strategy with good national and international road and air links, plus the region's excellent demographics, are all extremely important."
Bertelsmann's publishing subsidiaries include the world's largest book publishing group, Random House, and Europe's biggest magazine publisher, Gruner & Jahr.
Arvato Services run a call centre in Liverpool's Cunard Building and recently doubled its workforce to 800.
Meanwhile, landowner Peel Holdings announced that Liverpool International Business Park will be the new name for the former Estuary Phase 2 site.
Chairman John Whittaker said: "This will be a flagship site and Arvato's commitment to south Liverpool highlights its excellent locational qualities."
SOURCE LIVERPOOL ECHO
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