3 Commercial Court of Alicante, based in Elche, voluntary bankruptcy of the Edit SA, historic graphic arts firm owned by Almoradí Antonio Alonso Miravetewhoever it was provincial employer Vega is the branch and current director of the Renhace Plan office, although he has a son since 2015, Antonio Alonso Guerrero who was in charge of the company as the sole director. A decision made with the intent of those responsible for the firm restructure your business As they both explained, it is to ensure its continuity after the covid effect and, above all, the cost increases they have experienced in the last year.
According to the accounts deposited in the Trade Register, Edijar was already chaining. red two years in a row and although the firm managed to increase its revenue by around 5% last year, invoicing fell far short of pre-pandemic figures with revenue of 1.1m euros compared to 1.46 in 2019. With closures registered among some of their customers created by a downfall that the company owner has contacted small and medium enterprises. In this sense, although the company has diversified its activities in recent years, 80% of its sales are business calendar printing.
The only current manager of the company, Antonio Alonso Guerrero, pointed out not only the direct impact of the pandemic, but also any cost increase that has occurred in the last year, paper has already become more than 40% expensive in addition to the famine that has existed since last December, which sometimes prevented the normal running of activity.
Before these situations, from the company they prefer. restructure your businessthrough, outsourcing part of the manufacturing process. Thus, it is aimed to continue printing the advertising part of the calendars, which requires more personalized service and more added value, and to subcontract the part that reflects the months and days to larger printing houses. It is a measure that will cause a cut in the workforce, but which the company deems necessary to ensure its viability.
“What we’re looking for gain flexibilityAlonso Guerrero underlines that business is now more intense in the last months of the year than before, forcing us to look for a different staffing structure.
In any case, his father, who is both the manager and the owner of the company, insists that the intention was always there. continue activity A company that dates back to 1930, when it was founded by Antonio Alonso Rufete.
As it is a voluntary competition, the current managers retain the management powers of the company despite interference. According to the BOE, last Friday attorney María Soler was appointed as bankruptcy manager to oversee the process.