Andreas Schaffner to become new head of the company division Tamedia Services

Press Release   

Zurich, 29 June 2009- Andreas Schaffner is a new member to the Tamedia Management Board. The 46-year-old will assume management of the services division of the Tamedia publishing house no later than the beginning of 2010. In this position he is responsible for the two printing centers in Berne and Zurich, as well as the areas preliminary services, publishing logistics and reader-market services. Andreas Schaffner follows as successor to Urs Schweizer, who is leaving the company at the end of 2009.

After completing a bookbinder apprenticeship, Andreas Schaffner acquired professional experience in the graphical industry prior to his engineering course of studies at the Ecole Suisse d'Ingénieur des Industries Graphiques in Lausanne. On returning from France he was engaged as project head for the Ringier AG in 1995, and then headed various sectors in the field of services and printing before becoming company head of the Ringier Print Adlingenswil in 2005. Andreas Schaffner has been a member of the Ringier Switzerland Management Board since 2007, having completed a work-accompanying Executive MBA course of studies. As head of the services division, amongst other things, he is responsible for the areas publishing logistics, deliveries, call center and facility management.