Heidelberg in merger talks with Manroland

[Ritter]

Would you vote for the guy that has already determined that your job and 10,000 of your co-workers are expendable? Not to mention they've already "loaned" billions of Euros of your money to these companies because they over-leveraged themselves.

[rbailleu]

almost sounds like the auto industry in the US. Oh yes and the banking industry. but wait no bankers lost their jobs. and they got bonuses. who is mixed up the americans or the germans. or both

[GeorgeA]

Hoped-for improvements in sales at Heideberg have not materialized, and Heidelberg sees no hopeful signs for the coming six months. That has apparently spooked Allianz (which owns most of Manroland and 12% of Heidelberg). According to the German business press, Allianz has called a halt to the merger talks for now.

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Heidelberg/Manroland merger is on hold