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Point USA shuts down, leaving customers and employees out in the cold
Point USA shuts down, leaving customers and employees out in the cold
Web Editor-Galen Moore
Boston Business Journal
Service Point USA shut down operations abruptly
on Friday, leaving employees with a long weekend and customers calling to find
out the status of print jobs. By Tuesday, the presses were up and running
again, but nobody was able to say who was running them.
on Friday, leaving employees with a long weekend and customers calling to find
out the status of print jobs. By Tuesday, the presses were up and running
again, but nobody was able to say who was running them.
The managed print services company is the U.S.
subsidiary of Service Point Solutions S.A., which had come to the brink of
bankruptcy in October, Reuters
reported at the time. With operations in Europe and the U.S., the
Spanish parent company reported a net loss of 834 thousand euros for the first
half of 2013.
subsidiary of Service Point Solutions S.A., which had come to the brink of
bankruptcy in October, Reuters
reported at the time. With operations in Europe and the U.S., the
Spanish parent company reported a net loss of 834 thousand euros for the first
half of 2013.
In 2010, Service Point USA was a
20-million-Euro annual business, according to a
news release the company published at the time, announcing the
hiring of Chief Operating Officer Kevin Eyers
to run the U.S. subsidiary. Eyers was COO as of Friday’s shutdown. He could not
immediately be reached, Tuesday. (Hat tip to Reprographics 101 for posting that news release.)
20-million-Euro annual business, according to a
news release the company published at the time, announcing the
hiring of Chief Operating Officer Kevin Eyers
to run the U.S. subsidiary. Eyers was COO as of Friday’s shutdown. He could not
immediately be reached, Tuesday. (Hat tip to Reprographics 101 for posting that news release.)
An employee reached by phone said workers found
out about the shutdown last Thursday. It took effect Friday morning. A
spokeswoman for the state’s Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development
said Service Point hasn’t reported any layoffs there.
out about the shutdown last Thursday. It took effect Friday morning. A
spokeswoman for the state’s Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development
said Service Point hasn’t reported any layoffs there.
Some former Service Point USA employees
returned to work Tuesday – but it wasn’t clear who was employing them. Service
Point phone numbers on Summer Street in Boston’s Financial District were
answered by employees alternately identifying themselves as independent
contractors and as employees of ABC Imaging,
a competitor based in Washington.
returned to work Tuesday – but it wasn’t clear who was employing them. Service
Point phone numbers on Summer Street in Boston’s Financial District were
answered by employees alternately identifying themselves as independent
contractors and as employees of ABC Imaging,
a competitor based in Washington.
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Timothy Sachs,
a senior vice president at ABC Imaging, said Service Point remains a separate
company. “We are not taking over any operations of Service Point,” he
said. He declined to elaborate any further.
a senior vice president at ABC Imaging, said Service Point remains a separate
company. “We are not taking over any operations of Service Point,” he
said. He declined to elaborate any further.
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